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The oldest house in Greenwich Village, at 77 Bedford Street, this beauty was built in1799.  Joshua Isaacs built his free-standing, clapboard house with yard a days ride from what was then Manhattan further south.  Isaacs was a wholesale merchant and his Federal-style home with its hipped roof was a declaration of his success. Read more: daytoninmanhattan-isaacs-hendricks-house