The Daniel LeRoy House is located at 20 St. Marks Place in the East Village neighborhood of

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History

The

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building was built in 1832 as part of a development by Thomas E. Davis of 3½-story brick houses which spanned both sides of the street. The Daniel LeRoy house is one of the three surviving houses of this development, the other two being 25 St. Marks Place and the

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at 4 St. Marks Place. It has a marble entrance ornamented with vermiculated blocks. Daniel LeRoy, a

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merchant and son of wealthy New Yorker

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, married Susan

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, daughter of Adjutant General

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and Elizabeth Stuyvesant (a daughter of

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), and sister to

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. The building was designated a landmark by the

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in 1969, and was added to the

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on October 29, 1982. In Spring 1998, restorations were made on the house, including repainting, repointing brickwork and replacing cornices."Daniel LeRoy House"
on the Preserv Inc. website

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;Notes Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Federal architecture in New York City Houses completed in 1832 New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan {{Manhattan-struct-stub

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