Peter Duveen's Blog (1)

There were some posts recently involving the Ovington Brothers. The Middagh family, one of the earliest Brooklyn families, owned the land upon which the Ovington Brothers buildings were built, the original building was torn down (1880?0, and a second building erected, which soon burned to the ground (1882?). Only a year later, a new building was opened upon the ruins of the old one. In each stage, the Middagh family renewed the Ovington Brothers' lease. This lease generated a cotroversy in…