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Samuel Napthali Pike

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Samuel Napthali Pike

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
7 Dec 1872 (aged 49–50)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lake Plot, Section 61
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Was a dealer in spirits and real estate. Best remembered for having erected a number of noted buildings including Pike's Opera House (at a cost of one million dollars), later renamed the Grand Opera House, a theater in New York City at the corner of 8th Avenue and 23rd Street. He died at the age of 50 of apoplexy (stroke) at his real estate office at 22 Bridge Street in Manhattan.
Was a dealer in spirits and real estate. Best remembered for having erected a number of noted buildings including Pike's Opera House (at a cost of one million dollars), later renamed the Grand Opera House, a theater in New York City at the corner of 8th Avenue and 23rd Street. He died at the age of 50 of apoplexy (stroke) at his real estate office at 22 Bridge Street in Manhattan.

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ERECTED
TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF
SAMUEL N. PIKE
BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
DIED DECEMBER 7, 1872
AGED 50 YEARS



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