Photos of the Buildings Where the Langans and Walshes Lived
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The majority of the buildings in which the Walshes and Langans lived are gone. Of all the addresses that I found for them the following buildings remain standing:
  • 220 18th Street
  • 1433 Second Avenue
  • 119 E 89th Street
Two of the churches where the had rites performed still stand: St Jean Baptist and St Ignatous Loyola. The church of the Epiphany has been replace by a modern structure.

In the late 1930s and early 1940s the City of New York took photos of every building in the city! This photos are available at the New York City Archives. Many of the buildings the Walshes and Langans lived in should be avaiable on these films. The problems are:

  • They cost $25 per photo
  • I am not sure they will give me permission to post them on the web site
220 East 18th Street, near Second Avenue (the white house in the middle)

This is the address on the death record of Penelope Byrne Langan in 1905.

1433 Second Avenue, between 74th and 75the Streets (yellow building)

This is the address on the birth record of Isabell, the daughter of Joseph and Maggie Walsh, in February 1901.

119 East 89th Street, between Lexington and Park Avenues (grey building)

This is the address listed on the death record of Margaret (Maggie) Langan Walsh in December 1926

St Ignatius Loyola church 84th and Park Avenue

This is a church where many of the Walsh and Langan marriages took place.

St Jean Baptiste Church, 76th and Lexington

This is a church where many of the Walsh and Langan children were baptized.

Main Altar in the Crypt, St Jean Baptiste's Church 184 East 76th Street, New York

Postmarked 1920

Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck

St Jean Baptiste's Church 184 East 76th Street, New York

Can not read postmarked

Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck

Third Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets

So much has changed on the Upper East Side since the days when the Walshes and Langans lived in the area. There are lots of new high-rise buildings. This block of third Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets retains some of the old character. Michael Walsh lived at 1307 Third Avenue in this block.

Carriages Houses along 73rd Street between Third and Lexington Avenues

Joseph Walsh worked at some point as a coachman for a private family. I do not know who he worked for or where they lived. However, since Joseph and his family lived in the 70s on the Upper East Side, it is highly likely that he worked for a family who lived on Fifth Avenue in the 70s. The carriage houses in this photo are typical of the carriage houses of people who lived on Fifth Avenue.

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