6. The Edward Mooney House, 18 Bowery Street (Between 1785 and 1789)

Located in the middle of Chinatown, at the corner of Bowery and Pell Street, the Edward Mooney House is the oldest surviving row house in New York City. The land the house was built on had previously belonged to British Loyalist James DeLancey, before being confiscated and auctioned off. The buyer was Edward Mooney, a wealthy meat merchant who built and lived in the residence until his death in 1800.

The Edward Mooney House was designated a New York City landmark in 1966, one of the reasons being its mix of Georgian architecture (the style preferred by the British) and early Federalist architecture, marked by its gabled roof and round-headed central window. The house’s rich history continues into the 1800 and 1900s, it having been at different points in time a tavern, a brothel and the notorious home of Barney Flynn’s Saloon, headquarters for Chuck Conners, a man infamous for his faked tours of opium dens in the area.