James Monroe's House

July 11, 1897, New York Times, The Monroe House,
February 6, 1900, Executors Sale by Order of the Executors of the Estate of Charles H. Contoit, Deceased,
February 7, 1900, New York Times, In The Real Estate Field; Holdings of Contort Estate Sold for a Total of $892,750; J.B. Haggin a Heavy Buyer; Broadway Parcel Brings less Than Assessed Valuation
April 1, 1900, New York Society Library Annual Report, The Library has received from the executors of the late Charles H. Condoit the sum of $117,000 as one of the residuary legatees under the will.April 29, 1905, New York Times, Tablet To Mark House In Which Monroe Died; Unveiled Yesterday in Prince St. with Impressive Ceremonies, Several Descendants There; Patriotic Societies Attend and Gen. Grant Commands Body of Infantry from Governors Island.
August 14, 1905, New York Times, Fire Where Monroe Died; $500 Blaze in Prince Street Building Recently Marked by Tablet,
February 2, 1913, New York Times, Rutgers Farm Days Recalled in Catherine Street Sale,
March 7, 1914, New York Times, Letter, A Monroe Memorial, by William M. Sweeny,
June 22, 1919, New York Times, Houses of Presidents,
October 25, 1919, New York Times, Editorial, James Monroe's House,
October 26, 1919, New York Times, House Where President Monroe Died to be Sold Nov. 12.
October 31, 1919, New York Times, Letter, Monroe's House; American Legion Post Would Like to Take It Over,
November 2, 1919, New York Times, Letter, Save Monroe's House,
November 9, 1919, New York Times, Monroe House Sale; To be Offered to the Highest Bidder on Wednesday Next,
April 15, 1921, Transmitted to the Legislature, Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1926, (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1922)
October 5, 1922, New York Times, Fire In Monroe House; Blaze In Rubbish Threatens Place Where Fifth President Died,
October 22, 1922, New York Times, Monroe House to Be Retrieved From the Use of Ragpickers; Home Where Framer of Famous Doctrine Died Has Fallen Upon Bad Days--Interior Ruined, Only a Mantlepiece Remaining to Attest Its Former Elegance,
December 11, 1922, New York Times, Monroe Memorial To Be Incorporated; Papers Will Be Sent to Albany Today--To Buy House Where President Died; FUND OF $200,000 SOUGHT Half of Sum Needed for Purchase of Realty, Remainder to Refurnish in 1800 Period.
April 3, 1923, New York Times, Seek To Get Monroe House; Memorial Association Presents Condemnation Bill at Albany,
April 4, 1923, New York Times, A Memorial To Monroe,
July 15, 1923, New York Times, Would Make Shrine Of Monroe's Home; Association Hopes to Preserve Historic Building Now Used by Rag-Pickers,
December 30, 1923, New York Times, The House Of James Monroe, by Diana Rice,
May 19, 1924, New York Times, Saving Monroe's Home,
August 20, 1924, New York Times, Enright Defends Sale of Monroe Buttons; Denies Improper Action by Police for Fund to Save President's House, November 21, 1925, New York Times, Floor Collapses In Monroe House; Bricks Fall as President's Old Home Is Being Moved to Its New Location,
September 12, 1927, New York Times, Monroe Home Faces Sale To Satisfy Debt; House Former President Lived In to Be Auctioned Tomorrow -In Dilapidated State,
January 18, 1931, New York Times, Monroe House To Be Sold,
April 13, 1958, New York Times, Virginia Celebrations Honor James Monroe, by Cabell Phillips,
July 3, 1858, New York Times, The Removal of Monroe's Remains,
September 20, 1960, New York Times, James Monroe House Is Painted by Mistake,
November 18, 1962, New York Times, City History Fan Honors Monroe; Glues Sign to 63 Prince St., Where President Died, by Gay Talese,
November 25, 1962, New York Times, White House Gets 2 Monroe Clocks; 5th President's Descendant Donates 1810 Timepieces,December 31, 1981, New York Times, From Warehouse To White House,
May 24, 1987, New York Times, When Hamilton Quarreled With Monroe,
February 18, 2000, New York Times, Antiques; Details Count In Blue Room Renovation, by Wendy Moonan,
September 23, 2007, New York Times, Subway Sightseeing, Monroe's Final Rest, by Michael Pollak,

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July 11, 1897, New York Times, The Monroe House,


February 7, 1900, New York Times, In The Real Estate Field; Holdings of Contort Estate Sold for a Total of $892,750; J.B. Haggin a Heavy Buyer; Broadway Parcel Brings less Than Assessed Valuation -- Other Auctions and Private Sales.
.. which are the only beneficiaries under the will of Charles H. Contoit. ... C5. and O7 Prince Street and 113 Crosby Street, being the block front on the north side ..


April 1, 1900, New York Society Library Annual Report,
The Library has received from the executors of the late Charles H. Condoit the sum of $117,000 as one of the residuary legatees under the will.
April 29, 1905, New York Times, Tablet To Mark House In Which Monroe Died; Unveiled Yesterday in Prince St. with Impressive Ceremonies, Several Descendants There; Patriotic Societies Attend and Gen. Grant Commands Body of Infantry from Governors Island.


August 14, 1905, New York Times, Fire Where Monroe Died; $500 Blaze in Prince Street Building Recently Marked by Tablet,
Bldg at 63 Prince St, NYC, where he died, damaged by fire


February 2, 1913, New York Times, Rutgers Farm Days Recalled in Catherine Street Sale,
On the northeast corner of Catherine and Monroe Streets are three old houses which are as interesting types of the early residences on the cast side as can be ...
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March 7, 1914, New York Times, Letter, A Monroe Memorial, by William M. Sweeny,
letter by George Dobbin Brown suggesting a gift to a university, letter by William M. Sweeny advocating the conversion of the house in which he died into a "Memorial Museum,"


June 22, 1919, New York Times, Houses of Presidents,
... it is-recalled that an attempt was made pears ado to acquire the old house in which President dames Monroe died. The project never got beyond the placing in ...

October 25, 1919, New York Times, Editorial, James Monroe's House,
The house at the corner of Prince and Lafayette Streets where JAMES MONROE passed his last years and died will be sold at public auction on Nov. 12. This house, 63 Prince Street, was built by SAMUEL L. GOUVERNEUR, President MONROE'S son-in-law.


October 26, 1919, New York Times, House Where President Monroe Died to be Sold Nov. 12.
sad a half atom brick and stone house at 63 Prince Street, w feted the years of James Monroe, fifth President of the Unfted States, and in which he died, is soon to par:s ...


October 31, 1919, New York Times, Letter, Monroe's House; American Legion Post Would Like to Take It Over,


November 2, 1919, New York Times, Letter, Save Monroe's House,


November 9, 1919, New York Times, Monroe House Sale; To be Offered to the Highest Bidder on Wednesday Next,
Announcement that Bryan L. will sell at public auction on -, loo. 1.', the one-time of President Monroe, of Doctrine fame, located at 63 Prince Street, northwest ...


October 5, 1922, New York Times, Fire In Monroe House; Blaze In Rubbish Threatens Place Where Fifth President Died,
Fire which started on the top floor of the house at Lafayette and Crosby Streets, where James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, died, threatened ...


October 22, 1922, New York Times, Monroe House to Be Retrieved From the Use of Ragpickers; Home Where Framer of Famous Doctrine Died Has Fallen Upon Bad Days--Interior Ruined, Only a Mantlepiece Remaining to Attest Its Former Elegance,


December 11, 1922, New York Times, Monroe Memorial To Be Incorporated; Papers Will Be Sent to Albany Today--To Buy House Where President Died; FUND OF $200,000 SOUGHT Half of Sum Needed for Purchase of Realty, Remainder to Refurnish in 1800 Period.
Incorporation papers for the James Monroe Memorial Association and Foundation, which will purchase and recondition the three-story house at Prince and Lafayette Streets where President ...


April 3, 1923, New York Times, Seek To Get Monroe House; Memorial Association Presents Condemnation Bill at Albany,


April 4, 1923, New York Times, A Memorial To Monroe,
It is to be hoped that the efforts to preserve the house at the corner of Prince and Lafayette Streets, where JAMES MONROE died on the 4th of July in 1831, will ...


July 15, 1923, New York Times, Would Make Shrine Of Monroe's Home; Association Hopes to Preserve Historic Building Now Used by Rag-Pickers,
Plans for the purchase and restoration of the house at Prince and Lafayette Streets in which James Monroe died for a Fan-American Museum in memory of the promulgator of the Monroe Doctrine have been set forth by the James Monroe Memorial Association and Foundation.


December 30, 1923, New York Times, The House Of James Monroe, by Diana Rice,
Indians sat in their such shop, the shop that had once been the drawing room of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States -- eating their lunch of ...


May 19, 1924, New York Times, Saving Monroe's Home,
It is to be regretted that the efforts to save the home of JAMES MONROE, fifth ... But the plans to acquire the house are still being pushed, and it is hoped that the ...


August 20, 1924, New York Times, Enright Defends Sale of Monroe Buttons; Denies Improper Action by Police for Fund to Save President's House,
Police Commissioner Enright wrote to Mayor Hylan yesterday, denying that the police had participated improperly in the sale of buttons to raise a fund to save the house at Lafayette and Prince Streets in which President Monroe died. The letter was in...


November 21, 1925, New York Times, Floor Collapses In Monroe House; Bricks Fall as President's Old Home Is Being Moved to Its New Location,

Crosby Street, between Prince and Lafayette Streets, was closed for traffic yesterday when part of the old home of President James Monroe, which is being ...

September 12, 1927, New York Times, Monroe Home Faces Sale To Satisfy Debt; House Former President Lived In to Be Auctioned Tomorrow -In Dilapidated State,
The home of President James Monroe at 95 Crosby Street will be sold at auction tomorrow at 15 Vesey Street to satisfy an overdue mortgage of $15,000 and unpaid taxes and other charges of $2,800, it was announced yesterday by the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.


January 18, 1931, New York Times, Monroe House To Be Sold,
OAK HILL, the historic house in Loudoun County, Va., which James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, used as his private residence during the declining days of his life, will soon be sold at public auction.


March 27, 1937, New York Times, Drive for Memorial to Monroe Is Pressed; Contributions Sought in All Hemisphere,
The officers and general counsel of the Monroe Birthplace Memorial Association of Westmoreland County announced today that the association had entered into a contract for the purchase of seventy acres of the Westmoreland County plantation containing...

April 13, 1958, New York Times, Virginia Celebrations Honor James Monroe, by Cabell Phillips,
Instead, the efforts of the James Monroe Memorial Foundation, sponsor of the ... of the original pieces of furniture with which they restocked the White House (at ...

July 3, 1858, New York Times, The Removal of Monroe's Remains,
The removal of the remains of President MONROE from their long resting. place .... The children who are in the habit of attending the at the Five Points *House of ...

September 20, 1960, New York Times, James Monroe House Is Painted by Mistake,


November 18, 1962, New York Times, City History Fan Honors Monroe; Glues Sign to 63 Prince St., Where President Died, by Gay Talese,
In a scene without pomp, without and emotion except the suspicious frown of the watchman who stood behind him, Felix J. Cuervo glued a paper sign to an office-building wall at 63 Prince Street yesterday-- a sign marking the spot where President...


November 25, 1962, New York Times, White House Gets 2 Monroe Clocks; 5th President's Descendant Donates 1810 Timepieces,
Two clocks, for which time had stopped about 75 years ago, left New York a few days ago to begin a new period of usefulness and decoration in their home of long ago. Their destination was the White House.

December 31, 1981, New York Times, From Warehouse To White House,

May 24, 1987, New York Times, When Hamilton Quarreled With Monroe,
The letter says that "Hamilton went to President James Monroe and ... of the Currency, and Frederick Muhlenburg, lately Speaker of the House.

February 18, 2000, New York Times, Antiques; Details Count In Blue Room Renovation, by Wendy Moonan,
The current White House curator, Betty C. Monkman, said that at the top of ... of French furniture that President James Monroe ordered in 1817.
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September 23, 2007, New York Times, Subway Sightseeing, Monroe's Final Rest, by Michael Pollak,

Monroe's Final Rest,

Q. I'm doing some research on President James Monroe, who died at the New York home of his daughter on July 4, 1831. Where was that home and is that building still standing?

A. According to Joseph Ditta, reference librarian at the New-York Historical Society, Monroe died at 63 Prince Street, on the corner of Lafayette Street. The buildings at Nos. 63 and 65 Prince Street were owned by Monroe’s daughter, Maria Hester, and her husband, Samuel L. Gouverneur.

While neither building remains, No. 63 did survive into the 20th century. “History-conscious New Yorkers attempted to preserve the house as a memorial to Monroe, some of them forming the James Monroe Memorial Association,” Mr. Ditta said in an e-mail message. Sometime after 1923, they moved the house to 95 Crosby Street, south of Prince, but the building lost its roof and back wall in the move. The house disappeared sometime after 1927, when it was auctioned for $10,000.
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April 15, 1921, Transmitted to the Legislature, Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1926, (Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1922)

page 251, Appendix C, The Monroe House; A Landmark History of the House in New York City in which President James Monroe Died on July 4, 1831, with Biographical Notes Concerning Some of the Owners, by Edward Hargeman Hall, L.H.D. Secretary of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society,

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February 6, 1900, Executors Sale by Order of the Executors of the Estate of Charles H. Contoit, Deceased,
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Maps of Choice and Valuable Investment Property,
Nos. 353, 355 and 257 Broadway,
70 and 72 Franklin Street,
302 Church Street,
27 and 29 Walker Street,
63, 65 and 67 Prince Street,
113 Crosby Street,
34 and 36 West Houston Street,
376 and 378 Bowery, and
672 and 929 6th Avenue,