Merchant's House Museum

New York City's family home...totally preserved

Est. 1936

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The Merchant's House Museum was built in 1832 and has served as a museum for the past 75 years. Rumored to be haunted, this museum attracts tourist, history buffs, and those fascinated by the supernatural.

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Discover what life was really like in mid-19th century New York City. The Merchant's House is the 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 and their Irish servants for almost 100 years. Complete with the family's original furnishings and personal possessions, the house offers a rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life in New York City from 1835-1865. Visit www.merchantshouse.org for more information on the history of the house and Museum tours and programs. Oh, and some say we have ghosts. "Manhattan's most haunted house," according to The New York Times.