Post by Daniel on May 28, 2007 17:23:00 GMT -5
This house was created as a home for older characters who were no longer of Newsie age. It is located in lower Manhattan, at 213 Pearl Street, near the Brooklyn Bridge. It was opened in 1873 by James Donnelly, a middle class Irish immigrant who wanted to provide cheap lodging that could be an alternative to the slum-like tenements of his day. The house has stood tall over the years, surviving both fire and disease. It was opened as a charitable home for young, unmarried adults who come from poor families and are in the working force. This year (1901), it has recently been reopened by Daniel Quinn, Donnelly's grandson.
The house is a cheap boarding house. (Seven cents buys you a night's stay, a nickel buys you a meal. ) It consists of two floors of four rooms each. The first floor is for ladies, the second for gentlemen. Each room has four beds, totaling 16 beds for each gender. There is a washroom at the end of each hall.
The house is a cheap boarding house. (Seven cents buys you a night's stay, a nickel buys you a meal. ) It consists of two floors of four rooms each. The first floor is for ladies, the second for gentlemen. Each room has four beds, totaling 16 beds for each gender. There is a washroom at the end of each hall.