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Life at Home in Mid-19th Century New York City "The distinction of the Merchant's House -- and it is a powerful one -- is that it is the real thing.
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www.merchantshouse.org
Built in 1832, the Merchant's House Museum is New York City's only 19th century home preserved intact, with original family furnishings and personal belongings. A unique survivor of Old New York, the House offers a rare and intimate glimpse of how a prosperous merchant family and their four Irish servants lived from 1835 to 1865, when New York grew from seaport to thriving metropolis. One simply walks through the beautiful doorway into another time and place in New York." The New York Times

10/16/2026

New SUPER SPOOKY Ghost Tour Added! Link in our bio to buy tickets.

10/15/2026

Tomorrow is the first night of Candlelight Ghost Tours! Tickets at the link in our bio. We (and the Tredwell family) hope to see you there!

The Tredwell family lived at 29 East 4th Street for nearly 100 years, and at least eight people died in the house. Reports of strange and inexplicable occurrences have been widespread since Gertrude, the last surviving Tredwell, died in 1933.

Is it Gertrude who is watching over her family home? Join us and decide for yourself.

10/14/2026

Today is National Dessert Day so we thought we would do our Merchant's House spin on it! Want to learn more about funeral customs in the 19th century? Join a Candlelight Ghost Tour or visit the house in mourning. Tickets at the link in bio!

10/12/2026

Happy Indigenous People’s Day! We acknowledge that the land that the Merchant’s House rests on is Lenapehoking, the ancestral lands of the Lenape people, Mannahatta, which we call New York City. Mannahatta means, “place for gathering wood to make bows.”

The Dutch’s arrival in 1624 caused the violent displacement of the Lenape from their land. The English later took control and continued to push the Lenape further west. This systemic displacement was deadly and damaging to the Lenape as the settlers brought disease and disrupted their means for using the land to fish, hunt, and farm.

Over time, many Lenape were forced to relocate multiple times because of colonization. Today, Lenape communities can be found in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Ontario, and New Jersey.

10/09/2026

Ghost Tours are selling quickly ... so make sure you've gotten your ticket before they are gone! Link in profile!

Public programs at the Merchant's House -- including Ghost Tours -- often increase paranormal activity in the house, staff and guests have reported experiencing something out of the ordinary.

Just last month, one of our museum staff members was alone closing the house when she heard one the servant call bells ring.

Was it the family, still here, calling for one of their servants? Or was it a strong draft going through the house? Go on a Candlelight Ghost Tour and decide for yourself!

10/05/2026

Our “Truly We Live in a Dying World:” A 19th Century Home in Mourning Exhibition is Now Open!

Pay your last respects to Seabury Tredwell at his deathbed upstairs, or join the mourning in the double parlor, hung with black crepe curtains and set for a mid-19th century funeral.

On view until the end of October!

10/03/2026

On this day Phebe Eleanor Tredwell died at the age of 78. She fell down the full length of the stairs. Some say her soul never left…Join us on a Candlelight Ghost Tour to get a chance to see her or her beloved family members...

Tickets at the link in our bio! New 6:30pm time added for every night!

10/01/2026

October Events at the Merchant's House! Join us for spooky Ghost Tours and see the house in a state of mourning.

09/30/2026

Ghost Tours are selling quickly ... so we've added 6:30pm tours to every night! Link in profile!

Public programs at the Merchant's House -- including Ghost Tours -- often increase paranormal activity in the house, and guests attending events have reported experiencing something out of the ordinary.

In April 2008, a woman who had attended a lecture wrote: “I sat in the first row. I took my jacket off and draped it over my shoulders. About 10 minutes into the presentation, I felt a gentle tugging at my left shoulder — someone was tugging the jacket sleeve. At first I thought the woman behind me had done it accidentally, but when I glanced over my shoulder, I saw she was too far away. I immediately
surmised I had been touched by an unseen, full-time resident of the house.”

09/28/2026

HOW TO HELP:
Submit a letter online to the LPC and the Mayor using the link in our bio!

Tomorrow, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will review a proposal to allow construction of a 105-ft.-tall building at 27 East 4th Street, next door to the historic Merchant’s House Museum, one of our city’s first and most important landmarks, designated on the interior as well as the exterior.

This proposal was heard this past March, with overwhelming public testimony in opposition. At the time the Landmarks Preservation Commission neither voted on nor discussed the proposal, which they will do tomorrow. No public testimony will be allowed, but comments can be submitted to the LPC.

Address

29 E 4th Street
New York, NY
10003

Opening Hours

Wednesday	12pm - 5pm
Thursday	12pm - 8pm
Friday	12pm - 5pm
Saturday	12pm - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Website

http://merchantshouse.org/

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