SPITE HOUSE
Joseph Richardson, a New York millionaire lived and died in a house only five feet wide. It was called the “Spite House,” and deserved its name. Owning the narrow lot of land on which it was built, Mr. Richardson wished to sell it to the neighboring property owners. They would not pay him what he asked, and so he put up this house, which disfigured the block — and then condemned himself to a life of discomfort in it.
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