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Merchant's House Museum
Email: nyc1832@merchantshouse.org
Website:
merchantshouse.org
Address
29 East Fourth St
New York City, NY 10003
Public Transport
Accessibility
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Elevator/Escalator
The museum does not have an elevator. -
Entrance
A flight of 7 steps to enter the building. -
Parking
Parking is not available at the Museum, but alternate side of the street parking and meters are available in the neighborhood, as are commercial lots. -
Wheelchair Info
The Merchant's House Museum is not wheelchair accessible.
Theater Description
Through public education programs and exhibitions, restoration of its 1832 landmark building, and conservation of its original collections, the Museum tells the story of the domestic life of a wealthy merchant family and their four Irish servants in the mid-19th century, when the mercantile seaport of New York City emerged as a growing metropolis and the commercial emporium of America.Considered one of the finest surviving examples of domestic architecture from the period, the 1832 late-Federal and Greek Revival Merchant’s House is a designated landmark on the federal, state, and city level.
In New York City, it was the first building designated in the borough of Manhattan following the passing of the Landmarks Preservation law in April 1965. It is one of only 120 interior landmarks in the City, and one of only 6 residences. In 1966, the Merchant’s House was recognized as a National Historic Landmark (one of only 2,400) and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
It is the only historic house museum in the Greenwich Village/Soho/NoHo neighborhoods and celebrated 85 years as a museum in 2021.
