No. 176 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS (1926) The home of Judge Thomas G. Sherman, counsel to Henry Ward Beecher during the famous Beecher-Tilton scandal. Fatally ill in 1900, his kidney was removed in his bedroom, but he died 4 hours later.

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Another snapshot of No. 176 Columbia Heights from approx. the '20s (before its alteration).

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@BKLYNlibrary This 1958 shot of No. 176 Columbia Heights was taken after its 1938 Regency-style renovation.

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@BKLYNlibrary No. 176 Columbia Heights - today.

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