The
Greek Revival building was built in 1832 as part of a development by Thomas E. Davis of 3½-story brick houses which spanned both sides of the street. The Daniel LeRoy house is one of the three surviving houses of this development, the other two being 25 St. Marks Place and the
Hamilton-Holly House at 4 St. Marks Place. It has a marble entrance ornamented with vermiculated blocks. Daniel LeRoy, a
South Street merchant and son of wealthy New Yorker
Herman LeRoy, married Susan
Fish, daughter of
Adjutant General Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth
Stuyvesant (a daughter of
Peter Stuyvesant), and sister to
U.S. Senator Hamilton Fish. The building was designated a landmark by the
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1969, and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982. In Spring 1998, restorations were made on the house, including repainting, repointing brickwork and replacing cornices. ==See also==