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Highlighting Landmarking Effort for 50 West 13th Street’s African American Voting Rights Crusader on MLK Day
…Repertory Theatre since 1971, and for decades in the late 19th century was the home and place of business of Jacob Day, one of New York’s most prominent and wealthiest…
Read MoreHandwritten Records Cracked the Case at 50 West 13th Street
…business address; and data about his family, age, and occupation also helped us to verify that this was the same Jacob Day. Advertisement for Jacob Day’s Sons Caterers from the…
Read MoreVillage Preservation in the Press
…Town, November 7 Village Block Stars, Politics NY, November 1 Jacob Day House secures its place in history as Greenwich Village landmark, New York Amsterdam News, October 24 Jacob Day…
Read MoreBlack American History Revealed at Endangered House on West 13th Street
…American history — about a century prior, it was the home of abolitionist and prominent African American businessman Jacob Day (c. 1817-1884) for nearly 30 years. No. 50 West 13th…
Read MoreLocal Landmarks and Landmarks-to-Be of Black History
…structures. Here’s a sampling of our efforts. Landmarked: The Jacob Day Residence, 50 West 13th Street 50 West 13th Street (l.) and Sarah Smith Tompkins Garnet In October 2024, the…
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…which was based on Village Preservation’s research establishing this as the longtime home and place of business in the late 19th century of Jacob Day, a leading Black New Yorker,…
Read More50 West 13th Street: Ironwork Lost, and Found?
…City individual landmark for many reasons, both architectural and cultural. 50 West 13th Street From 1858 to 1884, the building was the residence of Jacob Day, one of 19th century…
Read MoreVictory! After Four-Year Campaign, 50 West 13th Street Wins Landmark Designation!
…been fighting to save through landmark designation since 2020! In its designation, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission dubbed the building “The Jacob Day Residence,” recognizing the nearly forgotten Black civil…
Read MoreSo Much To Be Thankful For In 2024!
…Preservation, the Landmarks Preservation Commission granted landmark status for the historic site, now officially dubbed the Jacob Day Residence. 1940s tax photograph (left), and historic ironwork still in place as…
Read MoreCelebrating #Landmarks60, Part V
…the Salvation Army Headquarters building here. The Jacob Day House This property at 50 West 13th Street was designated on October 22, 2024 following four years of Village Preservation advocacy….
Read MoreWhy Aren’t These Landmarked? Black History Month Edition
…at 50 West 13th Street, an 1846 row house located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, is a structure essential to our civil rights history in the 19th century. Jacob Day,…
Read MoreAfter Four-Year Campaign, City Agrees to Consider Endangered Black History Site in Greenwich Village for Landmark Designation
50 West 13th, Built in 1846, Was the Longtime Home of Suffragist and Civil Rights Leader Sarah Smith Garnet, Black Civil Rights Leader Jacob Day, and the 13th Street Repertory…
Read MoreCelebrating Black History in Local Designations
We are excited to see the Landmarks Preservation Commission publish the designation report for the Jacob Day House, Manhattan’s newest landmark, located at 50 West 13th Street. This followed a…
Read MoreHelp Us Save an Abolitionist Landmark, 50 West 13th Street
You can do more to mark Juneteenth. Village Preservation has been waging a campaign to seek landmark status for 50 West 13th Street, an endangered 1846 house known to many…
Read MoreA Vibrant Tapestry: African American History in Our Neighborhoods
…Smith Garnet, as well as prominent African American businessman Jacob Day, who helped lead fights against slavery and for equal voting and civil rights for African Americans. The building has…
Read MorePreserving and Honoring Women’s History
…LGBTQ+ history. And most recently, 50 West 13th Street, recognizing the nearly forgotten Black civil rights pioneer Jacob Day, who owned the house and lived there from 1858 to 1884,…
Read MoreLandmark Designation Reports
…NYC LPC Designation Report Salmagundi Club State and National Register Report Salmagundi Club State and National Register Photos Jacob Day Residence, 50 West 13th Street Jacob Day Residence LPC…
Read More50 West 13th Street
…to Jacob Day, one of New York’s most wealthy and successful 19th-century African American businessmen and real estate owners, crusader for African American civil rights, and a prominent supporter of African…
Read MoreHighlighting Landmarking Effort for 50 West 13th Street’s African American Voting Rights Crusader
…Repertory Theatre since 1971, and for decades in the late 19th century was the home and place of business of Jacob Day, one of New York’s most prominent and wealthiest…
Read MorePROVEN! Trailblazing Black Suffragist and Educator Sarah Smith Garnet Lived at Endangered 50 West 13th Street At Least Eight Years — LANDMARK IT NOW!
…1870, adding to the already incredibly rich African American history of this house which was home to pioneering black businessman and civil rights leader Jacob Day, as well as the revered 13th Street Repertory…
Read MorePreserving the Best of Our Past Should Be Part of Our Future — Support Our Midyear Appeal
…most recently the Jacob Day House. That’s what we’ve been doing since 1980, and it’s made us the largest membership organization in, and the guardian of, Greenwich Village, the East…
Read MoreThis Black History Month, Village Preservation Invites You to Explore, Celebrate, and Advocate for Preserving Significant but Unprotected Black History Sites in Our Neighborhoods
…50 West 13th Street (1846), home in the 19th century of leading African American businessman Jacob Day, who helped lead fights against slavery and for equal voting and civil rights…
Read MoreCelebrating Black History — Explore Our Past, Advocate to Honor and Protect It
…civil rights history, in our neighborhood. This includes: 50 West 13th Street (1846), home in the 19th century of leading African American businessman Jacob Day, who helped lead fights against…
Read MoreAbolitionist History in Greenwich Village
…50 West 13th Street, 2020 This building was at the time owned and occupied by Jacob Day, one of New York’s wealthiest and most successful 19th century African American businessmen…
Read MoreCivil Rights History and Diversity
…– African American History, Greenwich Village and Beyond Greenwich Village Historic District: Then & Now Photos and Tours Map: Hip-Hop’s Second Birthplace Landmark: Jacob Day House, 50 West 13th Street…
Read MoreCelebrate Black History Month and Protect the Rich But Endangered History in Our Neighborhoods
…Smith Garnet, as well as prominent African American businessman Jacob Day, who helped lead fights against slavery and for equal voting and civil rights for African Americans. The building has…
Read More50 West 13th Street Gets Unanimous Calendaring Vote from City, Now Officially on Its Way to Landmark Status
…leading 19th-century Black businessman Jacob Day lived and ran his business here and owned the home, when Greenwich Village was the center of African American life in New York and…
Read MoreCelebrating the Rich Tapestry of May in Our Neighborhoods
…to Jacob Day, one of New York’s wealthiest and most successful 19th-century African American businessmen and real estate owners, a crusader for African American civil rights, and a prominent supporter…
Read MoreNewly Revealed Civil Rights History Powers Push to Save 50 W. 13th St. After City Refuses to Act
…incredibly rich history attached to the house, which in the 19th century was owned by and home for decades to one of New York’s leading African American citizens, Jacob Day,…
Read MoreDiscussion points for meeting with Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, 11/2/22
…LPC: Unprotected LGBTQ+ Landmarks; Letter to LPC: Unprotected Women’s History Landmarks; and Letter to LPC: Unprotected Civil Rights Landmarks Letter to LPC: African American History of Endangered Jacob Day House,…
Read MoreOn and Off 14th Street, Fighting to Recognize and Preserve Our City’s Diverse Histories
Clockwise from top left: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 229 West 14th Street; Jacob Day House at 50 West 13th Street; National Gay Task Force HQ at 80 Fifth…
Read MoreTAKE ACTION: Even More Remarkable Black History at Endangered 50 West 13th Street — Home of Sarah Smith Tompkins Garnet
…of one of New York’s leading black businessmen and crusaders for abolition and equal voting rights, Jacob Day. In spite of this, as well as coverage in The New York…
Read MoreMultiple Landmarks Preserved with Multiple Histories
…and Sixth Avenues has several different histories worthy of note: leading 19th-century Black businessman and abolitionist Jacob Day ran his business here and owned the home from 1858 to 1884,…
Read MoreSupport Preservation and Our Midyear Appeal
…groundbreaking landmark designations for civil rights sites like the former NAACP headquarters, the Stonewall Inn and Julius’ Bar, and the home of abolitionist Jacob Day at 50 West 13th Street….
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