Did you ever ask what the oldest standing brick building in New York City is? It’s the Edward Mooney house located at 18 Bowery in Manhattan’s Chinatown. It was built around 1789 for a wealthy butcher Edward Mooney.
The brick house was built in a mixture of Federal and Georgian styles of architecture and is New York City’s earliest remaining style townhouse. It has three stories at the present plus an attic and full basement. The home was located close to the slaughterhouses, holding pens and tanneries where Mooney made his living. Mooney occupied the house until his death c.1800.
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In 1807, the size of the house was doubled by an addition to the rear. The house would be used as a private residence until the 1820s after which it has served at various times as a hotel, brothel, bank, and saloon. The house was restored in 1971 and was designated as a New York City in 1966.
Comes take a tour of the Bowery or Chinatown with me and you get to see this magnificent brick building.