Millionaire Donates West Village Townhouse to Native American Tribe

WEST VILLAGE, NY — Jean-Louis Goldwater Bourgeois—the millionaire son of renowned sculptor Louise Bourgeois—is in the process of donating his multi-million-dollar, landmarked West Village townhouse to a non-profit organization run by the Lenape tribe, multiple news outlets report. The Lenape Indians were the original inhabitants of Manhattan.

“This building is the trophy from major theft. It disgusts me,” Bourgeois told The Post.

His family’s LLC bought the three-story home at 6 Weehawken St. for $2.2 million in 2006. The townhouse dates back to 1834 and is part of the Weehawken Street Historic District.

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