Elizabeth Fish

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"The cutting through of Tenth Street in 1826 considerably reduced the size of
the Fish property at 21 Stuyvesant Street, and Peter Gerard Stuyvesant who had
inherited this piece of land under the terms of his father's wit I) conveyed a strip
In 1828, and the rest of the triangular shaped gore lot at .Stuyvesant and 10th
Streets in 1834, to El lzabcth and Nicholas Fish to compensate for
the loss of their rear garden.
This gore lot, on which a The Triangle would eventually be buiIt, has popularly been known as EIizabeth Fish's Gardens. Originally it was a rectangle of 150 x 200 feet and is probably the same land described in the 1808 tax assessment book as Peter Gerard Stuyvesant's garden. It was undoubtedly used by all the
famiIy who Iived (at) Stuyvesant Street. Peter Gerard Stuyvesant moved into the
house originally belonging to his sister Margaret, after he sold "Petersfield" and
200 lots for $100,000 (April 19, 1825). " ~• see source

21 Stuyvesant Street

STUYVESANT STREET North Side <Between East 10th and East 9th Streets)

21 Twenty-One Stuyvesant Street is a brick Federal style residence with three full floors and an attic. In its architecture, the Stuyvesant-Fish House displays beauty of proportion, notable restraint and those details that indicate an outstanding Federal house. Inside tho building many original features have survived testifying to its authenticity - the stairway, the archway in the halI, ceiling decorations and the side windows that were used when tho house was first built and had no adjoining building to the east. The exterior of 21 Stuyvesant Street is a hallmark of the Federal style; above the windows are the original splayed stone lintels. On the top floor of the house are two early arched dormer windows; at the center of each arch is a double keystone and the top sash has been replaced. The Stuyvesant-Fish House stands today as an al I but unique example of a fine
New York urban dwelI ing of the period.

"Elizabeth Fish's Garden" and most of Tenth Street remained vacant land until after her death (Sept. 16, 1854). It seems the family wished to retain the quiet environment of fifty years before when she moved to Stuyvesant Street as the bride of Nicholas Fish.

The house at No. 21 Stuyvesant Street, is rich in historicaI association. Petrus Stuyvesant built this house in 1804 for his daughter Elizabeth, at the time of her marriage to Nicholas Fish. Fish served at Valley Forge and throughout the Revolutionary War. He was commissioned a Major at the age of eighteen and is believed to have been the youngest Major in the history of the United Statc:s Army. He was a cIose friend of Alexander HamiIton and was also an intimate friend of General Lafayette, who was entertained at 21 Stuyvesant Street on the evening of September 10, 1824, during his famous return to America, 50 years after the Revolutionary War. Nicholas Fish's
son, Hamilton, was born at No. 21 Stuyvesant Street in 1808. Hamilton Fish served as Governor of New York, as United States Senator, and for eight years as Secretary of State.

Street naming

see: Margaret Stuyvesant profile