West:
1 (cor- ner): Built in 1849- 1850, along with its
neigh- bor to the south. Home to
Dr. Valentine Mott, surgeon who helped reorganize
Bellevue Hospital and found NYU's medical school.
2: This was the home of
Gifford Pinchot, the United
States' first professional forester. Pinchot hosted the wedding
reception of
Benjamin
Harrison here on April 6, 1896, when the former president
married Mary Scott Dimmick, the recently
widowed niece of Harrison's late first wife.
3: This and the house to its south were built in 1847
and are attributed to Alexander Jackson Davis, the most
prestigious architect of his day. They are noted for their
lacy ironwork. Actor
John Garfield died of a heart attack
at a friends house here on May 21, 1952, at
the age of 39.
4:
James Harper Sr., found- er of the
pub- lishing house Harper & Brothers and former
New York mayor, bought this house in 1847. The lamps
out front are the traditional symbol of a mayoral
residence.
Bob Dylan was photographed on the steps of this house for his Highway 61 Revisited
album
cover.
7 (corner): An
eight-story condo building
from 1930. Actor Julia Roberts has lived here.
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