1925

Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 9th Street

Brevoort Mansion, Fifth Avenue at N.W. corner of 9th Street. An elaborate bel costume held here in 1840 marked the transition in the city's social history from simple entertainments to elaborate balls. Demolished in 1925 for the construction of an apartment house. April, 1925. Brown Brothers, Photographer.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection