Show AARON BURRS FARMHOUSE the building which Is aver a century old still standing on the corner of hudson and charlton streets is a frame building which to a critical eye would beom to be tumbling down or rather would ap patently parent ly bo if it were not held up by tho adjoining building the window frames which once wore aquaro are quite out of plumb dropping downward on the south side the ceilings are low on every floor and on the hudson street front the first floor which ia a little above the sidewalk and reached by a few steps has been transformed into a couple of small stores while the entrance to the upper floors ia gained through a door on charlton street an extension has been erected on this side to the main building so as to cover the lot the building was formerly the farmhouse of aaron burr and was located on the top of richmond hill through which varick street was cut when these streets were laid out tho old farmhouse waa brought down to the road which is now hudson street and placed en a vacant lot then and now at the corner of charlton street opposite to it was placed another frame house which had been removed after the great fires of 1835 and 1845 from chambers street where it was known as the old brown jug thia removal had been caused by the extension of the fira limits in the lower portion of the city A few years ago the old brown jug building was condemned and torn down in its place a brick structure has been erected but GO far the old burr house has been spared for although it is out of plumb the building was so strongly constructed that there is little danger of its falling for many years the old house was occupied by an old time leather head watchman who after his retirement from that service employed hia time in making leather traveling trucks which he sold on this corner occupying the upper floors with his family at his death a few years ago the family like many of those who formerly resided in greenwich village removed to the upper part of the city and the building has since ceased to be inhabited by one family new york mail and express |