OT: Anyone live or work near Washington Street in NYC?

[nearmint]

I have ancestors that lived at 801 Washington Street in NYC in 1880. I think it's on the West Side of Manhattan. I'm trying to obtain a digital photo of whatever building is at that address today for a family history website. Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Jeff

[paperheart]

chances are that it's a starbucks. good luck.

[Bullet123]

One of the guys in my office lives around the corner> i will see if I can get him to take a pic

[nearmint]

Well, that would add a little levity to the site.

[nearmint]

One of the guys in my office lives around the corner> i will see if I can get him to take a pic

 

That would be awesome!

[nearmint]

I googled Washington Street, and found a phone # for a business that occupies 803 & 805 Washington Street. I called them and asked what occupies 801 and got a big "I don't know".

 

It's right next door.

[otherworldsj33]

If you can wait, I can get a pic in the next 4-5 days. What is the cross streets?

[moloch]

Any chance it might now be 799-801 Washington Street? This article may be of interest.

 

799-801 is mentioned towards the end.

[nearmint]

If you can wait, I can get a pic in the next 4-5 days. What is the cross streets?

 

Thanks, Joe. If Mapquest is to be trusted, Horatio is the nearest cross street.

[divad]

I googled Washington Street, and found a phone # for a business that occupies 803 & 805 Washington Street. I called them and asked what occupies 801 and got a big "I don't know".

 

It's right next door.

 

In New Yawk parlance, "What am I, a roadmap!"

[The Less Blob]

I suspect the actual building no longer exists.

 

For example, if they knocked down 3 buildings to build one newer bigger one, the new address might not be 801, it might be 799. Or it could be the mailbox. My apartment building was most likely several lots at one point. The mailbox on the corner actually has its own address, the odd number in between my building's odd number and the next building, which is across the street.

 

Based on itnernet searches, it seems like the building no longer exists. I did a reverse phone # look-up using that address and no phone numbers were listed for that address, so, unless it is a single family home with just an unlisted number, I don't think it's there anymore.

 

I hope I'm wrong, it's sad how much NYC history has been destroyed by fire and the wrecking ball. There is barely anything left from colonial New York/New Amsterdam (I don't think there's anything Dutch left in Manhattan, though there are some homes a bit upstate) and while there's still plenty from the post civil war period, it's sad when it goes. This town has had a terrible record of preserving its history, heck 40 years ago they were going to tear down Fraunces Tavern where george Washington gave his farewell speach to his officers at the end of the war, that's sick!

[nearmint]

Any chance it might now be 799-801 Washington Street? This article may be of interest.

 

799-801 is mentioned towards the end.

 

A VERY cool article. Sounds like the building my family lived in is gone, replaced by another in 1910. It would still be very cool to get a pic of that building for the site. Thanks for posting that link. It gives me a real flavor of the neighborhood.

[The Less Blob]

Wow, I wrote my blurb out of my rear without having read that article that discusses 799-801 washington street or read the post! I guess I guessed just about right.

[Dmac538]

The building you are talking about is in the West Village area. It is not to far from where i work, if you don't get a pic soon PM me and i will do it.

[qualitycomix]

Any chance it might now be 799-801 Washington Street? This article may be of interest.

 

799-801 is mentioned towards the end.

 

A VERY cool article. Sounds like the building my family lived in is gone, replaced by another in 1910. It would still be very cool to get a pic of that building for the site. Thanks for posting that link. It gives me a real flavor of the neighborhood.

 

Have you tried Google Earthing it yet?

[micmack]

[nearmint]

Very cool!

Now if I can just get a pic of the facade of the building. Having been built in 1910, it's probably pretty cool looking. Looking at that Google Earth shot, I can't help but imagine those paved streets as dirt roads, with horses and carriages on them, women in big hats, etc.

 

My great-great-great-grandparents, John and Mary Walsh lived at that address. They were married in 1852, and had six children. Around the turn of the century, John had died, and Mary sold the house. She distributed the money among her children, and then lived the rest of her days in a rest home.

[JJBEE2001]

John Walsh - from America's Most Wanted?

 

[The Less Blob]

If that real estate had just managed to stay in the family you'd never have to work again... that area has gotten very hip and hot in recent years.

[Dmac538]

If that real estate had just managed to stay in the family you'd never have to work again... that area has gotten very hip and hot in recent years.

 

Mostly for the gay population that live in the area.