- 130-132 McDougal St. is a pair of connected Greek Revival brownstones that date to 1852.
- The literary and artistic history of McDougal Street is rich, and when thinking of creatives in the Village, most think of Bob Dylan or Jack Kerouac. Not many think of another famous McDougalstreet resident, Louisa May Alcott, the abolitionist, feminist, Civil War nurse, and best-selling author of Little Women.
- She lived at 130-132 McDougal Street, staying with her uncle, who owned the property.
- Legend has it that Alcott finished Little Women in this house, though there’s no record of it, and Alcott herself told the New York Times in that she wrote the novel in Boston.
- Today, New York University owns the building and uses it as housing for law school students.
