WALKING TOURS: THE CITY UNDERFOOT AND OVER TIME

Created by BENJAMIN SUTTON DECEMBER 8TH, 2010

23 Washington Place: Henry James Birthplace

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by Benjamin Sutton, at Dec. 17, 2010, 12:32 a.m.

Walking tour stop name: 23 Washington Place: Henry James Birthplace

Associated walking tour: Literary Greenwich Village

Walking tour stop description: "Washington Square is Henry James Country. James was born in 1843 on the site of the present Brown Building of New York University. His house was then #21 Washington Place. It is not to be confused with the present #21 which is on the corner of Greene Street. The James birthplace was two doors from the original building of NYU on Washington Sq."

Photo: "Manhattan: Washington Place - Greene Street" (ca. 1892).

Walking tour stop location: POINT (-73.9954350125686062 40.7299101893849240)

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Previous walking tour stop: Literary Greenwich Village

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