Merchant's House Museum

Style: Federal
City: Manhattan, NY

The Merchant's House Museum, also known as the Old Merchant's House or Seabury Tredwell House, is a Federal-style rowhouse at 29 East Fourth Street in NoHo, built by the hatter Joseph Brewster in 1831 and 1832. Brewster sold it in 1835 to merchant Seabury Tredwell, whose family lived there for nearly a century until it became a museum in 1936; it is the only 19th-century Manhattan residence with its original exterior and interior intact.

the building

Federal facade, Greek Revival interior. The four-story building pairs a Federal-style brick facade with a Greek Revival interior, a combination preserved intact from the Tredwell family's residency.

the style

The house is a well-preserved example of Federal architecture, its brick facade dating to its 1831-32 construction as a speculative Brewster development.

significance

The Merchant's House Museum is a National Historic Landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and a New York City Landmark. Architect Joseph Roberto led a complete renovation of the building from 1970 to 1980, with further restoration in the early 1990s.

nearby

DeVinne Press Building 150 ft · Romanesque Revival · 1886
Fire Engine Company No. 33 250 ft · Beaux-Arts
The Public Theater building 460 ft · Romanesque Revival · 1849
Colonnade Row 0.1 mi · Greek Revival
Building at 376-380 Lafayette Street 0.1 mi
St. George's Church 0.1 mi · Byzantine · 1905

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