Stokes, I. N. Phelps The iconography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909 (v. 3)

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THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND
 

Treasury 1863. Shown on Pis. 26, 27, 27-a, 30, 33,
33-b, 34, 40, 41, 42, 50, 57, 64, 67, 70 and 79, VoL I;
Frontispiece, PL 105, A. pT. 4-a, Vol. Ill; New
York Mag. (l7go), I: opp. 133; Architectural Mag.,
London, Dec, 1835; A'. Y. Mirror (1831), IX;
153; ibid. (1834), XII: 57; Man. Com. Coun.,
1855, p. 584; ibid., 1856, p. 32; ibid., 1862, p.
540; drawing by C. Burton, Bourne Series; litho.
drawn by Autenrieth, Bornet-Hoff series. In pos¬
session of Edward W. C. Arnold.

City Hall (present).                                         122-7

Site: City Hall Park. Corner-stone 1803 (Daily
Advertiser, May 26, 27 and 38); occupied by
Common Council 1811 {M. C. C, MS., XXIII:
355); completed 1813.—Goodrich's Picture of N.
Y., 97. See Chronology under these several dates.
See PI. 75, Vol. I; Pis. 85, 97, loi-b, 127, 143-a,
Vol, III; TV. Y. Mirror (1824}, Vol. I, Tide page;
ibid. (1828), V: 353; Ladies' Wreath, N. Y. (1848),
Vol. II, No. 12; Man. Com. Coun., 1845, Frontis¬
piece; ibid., 1861, pp. 180, 152; ibid., 1868, p.
102, no, 33S; Am. Architect (1880), VoL VII,
No. 333; ibid. (1902), Vol. LXXVIII, No. 1398;
ibid. (1909), Vol. XCVL No. 1750; Peabody Views
of TV. Y., PI. 25.

County Court House.                                     122-6

Site: City Hall Park, facing Chambers St. Be¬
gun i86i; occupied 1867.—15th Ann. Rep. Am.
Seen, and Hist, Pres. Soc, 398-9. Kellum, archi¬
tect, succeeded by Leopold Eidlitz. Second Alms¬
house formerly on this site (q. v.). Shown in
Man. Com. Coun., 1868, p. 639; PI. 163, VoL
III.

Criminal Courts Building.                            169-2

Site: Block bounded by Centre, Lafayette,
Franklin, and White Sts. Corner-stone 1890
(Mayor's Message, 1891, p. 18); completed 1893.
—See Chronology. N. Y. State Arsenal formerly
occupied this site (q. v.).

Custom House.                                                       8

Site: Dock St., facing Whitehall. Occupied old
Pachuys of West India Co. (q. v.) 1664. Shown
on Pis. 17, 26 and 27, Vol. I.

Custom House.                        _                          13-3

Site: 3 Broadway. Occupied c 1740 (Will of
Archibald Kennedy, Sr., Mch. 13, 174s); after
occupying sites on Wall St. and Whitehall for
some years it apparently returned in 1776.—Hol¬
land Plan, Man. Com. Coun., 1863, p, S32-

Custom House.                                                  29-3

Site: S. William St., opp. Mill Lane. Occupied
1790 (TV. Y. Daily Advertiser, Mch, 10, 1790; cf.
map annexed to Liber Deeds, LXXIII: 211).
Westerly end of Delmonico Bldg, covers this site,
which was "No, 5, Mill Street." Removed to
Government House 1799.—Af, C. C. (MS.), X:
147; occupied store erected by Eastburn & Kirk
on site of Old City Hall 1816; new Custom House
(present Sub-Treasury, q. v.) erected on same site
1834; architect, John Frazee; Merchants' Ex¬
change remodelled and occupied as the Custom
House 1863-1907.

Custom House.                                                      12

Site: State, Bridge and Whitehall Sts., the Bowl¬
ing Green. Corner-stone 1902; completed 1907.
Architect, Cass Gilbert.—Inscription on Bldg. Site
of Fort Amsterdam and the Government House
(q. v.). Shown on Pl. 165, Vol. Ill; also In Archi¬
tectural Rec (1906), X^X: 4.
 

Custom House.   See also under City Hall (second);
under Government   House;   and  under West
India Company's Buildings.
Federal Hall.    See under City Hall (second).
Government House.                                          12-1

Site; Lower end of Broadway, parriy covering
site of Ft. Amsterdam; now covered by the U, S.
Custom House. Corner-stone 1790 {Daily Ad¬
vertiser, June 28, Nov, 23, 1790); architect, prob¬
ably James Robinson; completed 1791 (M. C. C,
MS., IX: 365-6); residence of Governors of N. Y.
1791-7 (see Chronology i7go); U. S. Custom
House 1799 (Af. C. C, MS., X: 147); demolished
nd lots sold 181s {M. C. C, MS., XXIX; 355-6;
 

The Columbian, June  i,   1815),     Shown (
S5-b, 56, 64, 66, 70 and 79, Vol, I.
 

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Governor's House in the Fort,                       12-4

Site: West of Whitehall St,, in block covered by
U. S, Custom House. Erected prior to 1643
(Jameson's Nar. TV. Neth., 259); repaired and
added to 1694 {Cat. Coun. Min., 97); 1695 (ibid.,
107); 1700 (ibid., 150); destroyed by fire 1741
(TV. Y. CoL Docs., VI: 195-6, 197-8); rebuilt;
destroyed by fire 1773 0^- C. C, VIII: 9-10, 11).
Shown on Frontispiece, Pis. 4-a, 4-b, 5, 6, 7, 7-a,
8, 10, loAb, 13, 14-b, 15, 16, i6-a, 17, 33-h, 23-b,
25, 36, 37, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46-a,
Vol. I,

Hall of Records (first).    See under Gaol.

Hall of Records (present).                             153-2

Site: N. W. cor. Chambers and Centre Sts.
Corner-stone 1902.—Inscription on bldg. Shown
in ArchiUctural Rec. (1905), XVII; 384, A. Pl.
38-b and c. Vol. III.    John R. Thomas, architect.

Municipal Building.                                        121-1

Site: Block bounded by Duane St., Park Row,
Tryon Row and Centre St. Begun 1909 (En¬
gineering Rec, Nov. Si 1910); occupied 1914;
McKim, Mead & White, architects. See A. PL
28-b and c, Vol. III.

Post Office.

Established under Gov. Stuyvesant in 1660. For
various sites and buildings occupied by the post
office prior to 1800, see Index and Chronology.

Post Office.                                                      25-1

Site: S. W. cor. Exchange PI. and William St.
Occupied 1804 (Stone's Hist, of N. Y. City, Ap¬
pendix, 30); removed to Academy Building in
Garden St. 1825, and to Merchants' Exchange
1827,—TV. Y. Directory (1825), 50; ibid. (1827),
550; Harper's New Monthly Mag., Oct., 1871,
Lord's Court now on this site.

Post Office.    See under Churches, Middle Dutch
Church; also under Rotunda, infra.

Post Office (City Hall Branch).                     122-12

Site: Park Row-Broadway-Mall St. Land ac¬
quired from City 1867 (Liber Deeds, MXII: 142
et seq.); bldg. begun 1869; occupied 1878. Supet-
vising architect, Mr. Mullett.—A Hist, of Pub.
Bldgs. under the Control of the Treas. Dept. (1900),
Shown in Zell's Guide to N. Y. (1868), 32; Daily
Graphic, Dec. 23, 1873.

Post Office, General.                                       7S5-i

Site: Eighth Ave., 31st to 33d St. Begun 1911;
opened 1914.—20th Ann. Rep., Am. Seen, and
Hist. Pres. Soc, 188. Architects, McKIm, Mead &
White.   Shown in Brown's The TV, Y. of To-day, 53.

Rotunda,                                                          122-3

Site: In City Hall Park, Erected to exhibit
panoramic   views   of   Paris,  Versailles,   Mexico,
 

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