Robert and Anne Dickey House

The Dickey House is the south end of a block bounded by Edgar Street to the south, Greenwich Street to the west, Trinity Place to the east, and Rector Street to the north. Immediately to the house's north was a former Syms Corporation store, demolished in 2017 to make way for the future 77 Greenwich Street tower. Located to the south across Edgar Street is Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza. To the west and north at Greenwich and Rector Streets is 88 Greenwich Street. One block north of the site on Trinity Place are Trinity Church and the American Stock Exchange Building. To the immediate southwest across the Battery Tunnel approaches is 21 West Street. The Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal is located south of the site, connected by the subway or bus. == Architecture ==

The building was designed by an unknown architect in the Federal style. The elliptical design has been compared to that of buildings in Boston. Windows may have existed on this face in the past. ==History==

Robert Dickey and Anne Dickey (née Brown) were both born in what is now Northern Ireland, and later emigrated to the United States. Robert Dickey arrived in the U.S. in 1798. The two married in Baltimore, Maryland in 1807. Robert Dickey was a spice merchant, whose fortunes put him among the wealthiest men in New York City at the time. At the time, Greenwich Street was known as "Millionaire's Row" and later called the "Original Park Avenue", and the two houses were among numerous other Federal-style rowhouses on the street. In 1872, Peter's son Edmund Schermerhorn contracted Detlef Lienau to remodel the house, removing the hipped roof and adding the building's fourth floor. One year later, McGuigan (also spelled "McGuigman") filed plans to convert the house and the adjacent 65 Greenwich Street property into a six-story office building. Around this time, the surrounding neighborhood west of Greenwich Street developed into an Arab immigrant community known as Little Syria. In 1922, the one-story shop extension was constructed on Trinity Place. During the construction of the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel in that decade, numerous buildings in the neighborhood were demolished. This included many on Greenwich Street, and most of Little Syria. The Dickey House, however, remained, with Edgar Street moved north to the south face of the house. Because of this, the house would later be described as a "Robert Moses survivor". In 1960, the Dickey House was purchased by brothers-in-law Irving Schachter and Eli Goldhagen. By the turn of the 21st century, the house was in a state of disrepair. The family claimed restoration costs would run to $6 million. In May 2008, Syms purchased the Dickey House. In November 2011, Syms filed for bankruptcy and closed all of its locations in January 2012. Beginning in late 2014, Syms (now reorganized as Trinity Place Holdings) planned to construct a residential and retail tower on the former store. By 2016, the project was named 77 Greenwich Street. The plan would incorporate the Dickey House into the development, renovating the house for use as an elementary school. Demolition of the Syms building was complete in October 2017. At this time, the chimney and north face of 67 Greenwich were removed, and metal support beams were installed to maintain the house's structural integrity. ==References==