{"nrhp_refnum":"76001245","name":"Mooney, Edward, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 Bowery","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.71463785700007,"lon":-73.99752667599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half-story brick townhouse at 18 Bowery, at the corner of Pell Street in Manhattan, built between 1785 and 1789 for merchant Edward Mooney, with a matching rear addition from 1807.","why_significant":"A local survey identified it as the oldest surviving townhouse in New York City. It is a rare surviving example of late Georgian architecture with some Federal details, and it represents the design and construction of the years right after the Revolution. It also reflects the changing character of the Bowery and Chinatown neighborhood over time.","narrative":"Standing at the southwest corner of the Bowery and Pell Street, this brick townhouse at 18 Bowery was built between 1785 and 1789 for Edward Mooney, a wealthy wholesale meat merchant. He bought the land in 1785 at the sale of the confiscated Loyalist James DeLancey Farm. The house is three and a half stories high, with Flemish bond brick walls, splayed stone lintels with double keystones, a gambrel roof and a recessed wooden doorway framed by slender columns. Round-headed and quadrant windows in the gable end hint at the coming Federal style. A matching rear addition followed in 1807. Over the years the building served as a residence, tavern and hotel. A local survey identified it as the oldest surviving townhouse in New York City, and it illustrates how the city rebuilt in brick after the Revolution. The exterior was restored in 1971, though the interior has been altered for modern office use.","period_of_significance":"1785-1789, 1807","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Georgian with some Federal style details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior restored in 1971 under Landmarks Preservation Commission supervision; interior altered, and the building is used for business offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.737335-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001245.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001245/12fe265d3e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001245/12fe265d3e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Mooney_House_18_Bowery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Mooney_House_18_Bowery.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13000027","name":"The Bowery Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/the-bowery-historic-district-13000027/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319738","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mooney_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344502"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/mooney-edward-house-76001245/"}