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Jan 29, 2022 · The stories behind the buildings, statues and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating. Saturday, January 29, 2022. The Rev. Samuel Osgood House - 154 West 11th Street. In 1845 James Boorman erected two nearly identical three-story houses on West 11th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
Apr 23, 2015 · On this day, April 23th, 1789, George Washington moved into 1 Cherry Street, making it the first Presidential Mansion, and initial seat of the executive branch of the US Federal Government. The house, known as the Samuel Osgood House, or alternatively as the Walter Franklin House. was Built in 1770 by Walter Franklin.
The owner, Samuel Osgood, was a Massachusetts politician and lawyer, who settled in New York City. He married Maria Bowne Franklin, widow of Walter Franklin, the merchant who had built the house in 1770.The Samuel Osgood Papers, at the New York Historical Society, list purchases made to prepare the mansion for Washington occupancy.
Feb 16, 2024 · The assessed valuation ledger for 1808 shows Samuel Osgood at no. 9 Cherry Street (renumbered from no. 3 in 1794) with the property valued at $7,000, considerably greater than surrounding properties and consistent with the description of the Franklin Mansion as a substantial structure. The 1809, 1810, 1811, and 1812 ledgers record similar data.
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Also known as the Walter Franklin House, it was an eighteenth-century mansion at the northeast corner of what was Pearl and Cherry (today Dover) streets in what is now Civic Center, Manhattan, New York City. 1770. The owner, Samuel Osgood, was a Massachusetts politician and lawyer, who settled in New York City.
Feb 19, 2018 · From April 23, 1789, to February 23, 1790, George Washington lived in the Samuel Osgood House, located at 1 Cherry Street, making it our nation’s first presidential mansion. While the house...
The first Presidential Mansion was the Samuel Osgood House at 1 Cherry Street in Manhattan, which Washington occupied from April 23, 1789, to February 23, 1790. He had been living there a week prior to his April 30, 1789, inauguration as first President of the United States.
