Manhattan's Oldest Home In The East Village Goes On Sale: See It

EAST VILLAGE, NY — It is hard to stand out in Manhattan real estate, but an East Village address that just hit the market does exactly that.

It is the oldest single-family home in Manhattan that you can still live in.

The 44 Stuyvesant St. address near East 10th Street was constructed in 1795 for the Stuyvesant Family.

The townhouse is part of the St. Mark's Historic District, which received landmark status in 1969.

The five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom home was just listed for $8.9 million.

A listing for the building says that the home was built for Nicholas William Stuyvesant, the great-great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant, who was a hugely influential figure in the creation of present-day Manhattan.

You can check out photos of the townhouse on Corcoran's website.

The house is 5,500 square feet with eight fireplaces, a formal dining room, an art studio, and a skylight.

It is the first time that the townhouse has been listed on the open market.

The home was last purchased in 2014 through a private transation, but it is unclear how much it was bought for at the time.

While it's the oldest building in Manhattan you can live in, it is not the oldest still standing in the borough.

That distinction goes to the Morris-Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights, which was built in 1765. The building, however, was turned into a museum in 1903.

Mansion Global was the first publication to report on the listing.