Irish History Tour

This 5-story loft with unusual bay windows was built in 1881 for Joseph J. Little, former U.S. Congressman and New York City Board of Education President, by architect William Wheeler Smith. Over the years the building housed prominent left-wing and labor groups, piano manufacturers, and noted artists including William Michael Harnett.

Prominent Irish immigrants and Irish Americans made a mark in the area South of Union Square, especially in the realms of politics, the arts, commerce, and literature.