The Merchant's House Museum is New York City's only family home preserved intact — inside and out — from the 19th century.
Built in 1832 just steps from Washington Square, this elegant red-brick and white-marble row house on East Fourth Street was home to a prosperous merchant family for almost 100 years.
Complete with the family's original furnishings and personal possessions, the house offers an rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life during the pivotal era of the 19th century when New York City was transformed from a colonial seaport into a thriving metropolis and the center of U.S. commerce.
Here's what The New York Times says:
"The distinction of the Merchant's House and it is a powerful one is that
it is the real thing. One simply walks through the beautiful doorway into
another time and place in New York."
"Of the estimated 300 Federal houses in Manhattan, the best preserved is the 175-year-old Merchant's House Museum."
And ... "Manhattan's most haunted house."
The Merchant's House Museum is owned by the City of New York, operated by Old Merchants House of New York, Inc., and is a member of the Historic House Trust.
