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Ear Inn
326 Spring St
New York, NY.
20 October 2009
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The James Brown house was built in 1817 by a prominent freed black slave and Revolutionary War veteran who later became a successful tobacco merchant. The waterfront house is located at what once was the shoreline of Manhattan, and part of row of waterfront merchant homes. [1]

History of this building [2]. photo from 1980 [3]. national register of historic places report [4].

326 Spring St. New York, NY.
 

references:
[1] James Brown House, November 19, 1969, Landmarks Preservation Commission http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/JAMES-BROWN-HOUSE.pdf
[2] Gray, Christopher "Streetscapes/326 Spring Street; Fixture on the Block May Face an Upstart Neighbor", December 30, 2001, New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/30/realestate/streetscapes-326-spring-street-fixture-on-the-block-may-face-an-upstart-neighbor.html
[3] "James Brown House photos", 1980, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission http://www.gvshp.org/BrownJamesHousePhotos.pdf.pdf
[4] "James Brown House", August 1982, National Register of Historic Places http://www.gvshp.org/BrownJamesHouseText.pdf.pdf

 



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