SAVANNAH — The Georgia Historical Society Research Center in Savannah has re-opened following a successful three-year, $5 million renovation and expansion that enables GHS to continue to fulfill its mission
The Indestructible Townhouse
Over 211 years, the Dickey House in Lower Manhattan has survived everything New York City has thrown at it. Soon it will become part of a new home for Public School 150.
April 9, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET
When it comes to architectural survivors amid Manhattan’s eternal churn of destruction and redevelopment, it is hard to top the 211-year-old, four-story brick landmark at 67 Greenwich Street in the financial district. Originally the townhouse of the merchant Robert Dickey, the decorous Federal-style dwelling was built in 1810 near the island’s southern tip, when nearby wharves bustled with trade and lower Greenwich Street was among the city’s poshest addresses.