Tenement Apartment Tours

German immigrants John and Caroline Schneider served their community by running Schneider’s Lager Beer Saloon from 1864-1886 at 97 Orchard Street. Explore the story of the Schneider family and the role of small businesses amidst wars, depressions, and changing laws in our Family Owned tour.

In 1869, Joseph and Rachel Moore were a young Black family making their home in a Lower Manhattan tenement. Explore the story of the Moore family and the experience of Black New Yorkers in a city transformed by the turbulent aftermath of the Civil War in our A Union of Hope: 1869 tour.

Fleeing famine conditions in Ireland, Joseph and Bridget Moore arrived in America in the mid-1860s with their children at a time when many did not welcome Irish newcomers. Explore the story of the Moore family and their complex Irish American identity on our After the Famine: 1869 tour.

During the Panic of 1873, Natalie Gumpertz, a German-Jewish immigrant, was suddenly left to raise and provide for her three daughters in a time of crisis. Explore the stories of the Gumpertz and Wong families as they made new lives while working in New York City’s garment industry on our 100 Years Apart tour.

Immigrating from the Russian Empire in 1890, Harris and Jennie Levine and their five children ran a garment shop in their tenement apartment during the Industrial Revolution. Explore the story of the Levine family and the challenges faced by Jewish immigrant mothers in the new age on our Tenement Women: 1902 tour.

Fannie and Abraham Rogarshevsky immigrated from the Russian Empire in 1901. With six children, the Rogarshevkys balanced work, family, and their Jewish faith through a progressive decade of the labor movement. Explore the stories of the Rogarshevsky and Baldizzi families as they navigate changes to immigration policy together on our Under One Roof tour.

A Sephardic Jewish family, the Confinos immigrated to the United States in 1913 fleeing from war in Kastoria, a part of modern-day Greece. Explore the story of the Confino family, their immigration journey through Ellis Island, and their new life in New York City on our Meet Victoria tour.

Adolfo and Rosaria Baldizzi, immigrants from Italy, lived at 97 Orchard Street in the 1930s with their two children during the Great Depression. Explore the stories of the Baldizzi and Rogarshevsky families as they navigate changes to immigration policy together on our Under One Roof tour.

Kalman and Rivka Epstein immigrated in 1947 as refugees and were part of the first generation of Holocaust survivors to resettle in the United States. Explore the stories of the Epstein and Saez Velez families as they search for belonging on our Finding Home tour.

Ramonita Rivera Saez and her two young sons migrated to New York City from Puerto Rico in 1955, joining a growing community of Puerto Ricans in the Lower East Side. Explore the stories of the Saez Velez and Epstein families as they search for belonging on our Finding Home tour.

The Wongs are a Chinese immigrant family that moved to New York City in 1965 as the passing of a landmark immigration law swept the nation. Explore the stories of the Wong and Gumpertz families as they made new lives while working in New York City’s garment industry on our 100 Years Apart tour.