The History of the Collyer Family
In 1879, George J. Hamilton built a row of five brownstone houses in Harlem, NY. The Hamilton family occupied the corner house and 40 years later sold it to the Collyer family. Herman L. Collyer, a Manhattan doctor, began working at Bellevue Hospital, which allowed him to pay for his wife, Susie, and their two sons to move into this beautiful building.