Where in the world were we?

Give it a try!  For EXTRA credit, disclose the person who owned...careful now, OWNED...this house.

Hint: The person who lived in this house was famous for having re-written the Bible.

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In the 1950's, this building was a laundrymat.

What was it in the late 1840's?