- The Issacs-Hendricks House dates to 1799, making it the oldest house in Greenwich Village.
- The original wooden sections of the Isaacs-Henricks façade are indicative of the Federal-style architecture. However, the brick parts were added later, in 1836.
- Harmon Hendricks and Simon Isaacs were brothers-in-law and New York agents of Paul Revere.
- They kicked off the copper rolling industry in America, opening a factory in New Jersey in 1812.
- Along with Paul Revere, they cornered the copper rolling market and made a fortune.
- Copper rolling was important for making ship boilers, and shipping was a major trade in New York City.
- Isaacs, Hendricks, and Revere were also the only people who could provide the popular copper broilers used to make rum!
