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

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the landmark map reference key
 

Waterioo, etc. Begun 1817; completed 1818
(Keep's Hist, of ihe Society Library, 300; Good¬
rich's Picture of N. Y., 374); Sessions Court
1830 (N. Y. Mirror, Mch. 27, 1830); Marine
Court 1830 (M. C. C, MS., LXXIV: 175); fitted
as Post Office 1836 (Pro. Bds. Aid. and Assls.,
Ill: 140); discontinued 184S (Stone's Hist. TV. Y.
Cily,si6); demolished 1870.—15th Ann. Rep., Am.
Seen, and Hist. Pres. Soc, map and text opp. p.
416. Shown on Pl. 127, Vol. Ill; N. Y. Mirror
(1830), VII: 353; Htho., drawn by Autenrieth, pub,
by Hoff & Bloede, in possession of Edward W. C.
Arnold; wash drawing by A. J. Davis, In posses¬
sion of N. Y. Hist. Soc

Secretary's Office, The (first site.)                  12-3

Site; Inside the Fort, in block bounded by White¬
hall, State, and Bridge Sts. and Bowhng Green.
Erected prior to 1658 (see Vol. I: 244); destroyed
by fire 1741.—M. C. C, V: 16, Rebuilt outside
the Fort. Shown, Pis. 25, 37, 27-a, Vol. I. U. S.
Custom House now covers site.

Secretary's Office, The (second site).             12-5

Site: Whitehall St. at Bowling Green. Erected
1741-3 (Af. C, C, V; 16; Iconography, 1:244);
demolished 1790.—Laws of N. Y., 1790, Chap.
25; Chronology, 1790, Shown on Pis. 32, 34,
40, 41 and 43, Vol. I.

U. S. Army Building. See New York Produce Ex¬
change.                                                            8-2

United States Assay Office.                           43-4

Site: 30-32 Wall St. Verplanck Mansion on site
demolished and Branch of tbe (second) Bank
of the U. S. (Phlla,) erected 1822-24 (Harden¬
brook's Financial N. Y., 176-7); sold to and oc¬
cupied by the Bank of the State of N. Y. 1836
(Liber Deeds, CCCLXVII; 179); sold to U. S.
Govt. 1854 {ibid., DCLXXIII; 363, 365) and oc-
pled as the Assay Office until 1912; demolished
—See VoL I, p. 430. Architect, Martin E.
pson. Shown In N. Y. Mirror (1830), VII:
353; Architectural Rec (1914), XXXV: 580; draw¬
ing by C. Burton, Bourne Series of N. Y. Views;
PI, 166, and A. Pl. i2-b. Vol. III.

U. S. Sub-Treasury (first site).                         43-4

Site: Occupied part of old bldg, of Second Branch
Bank of U. S. (q. v.), Nos. 30-32 Wall St., 1846;
jointly occupied bldg. with Assay Office {q. v.)
1854-1863.

U. S. Sub-Treasury (present site).                    43-3

Site: N. E. cor. Wall and Nassau Sts., formeriy
Custom House {q. v.), which was remodelled 1863
for Sub-Treasury. Supervising architect, Wm. A.
Potter.   See also under City Hall (second).
 

RAILROAD TERMINALS

Grand Central Dep6t or Station.                  1280

Site: Vanderbilt Ave, to Depew PL, 42d St. to
4Sth St. Begun 1869; opened 1871; remodelled
1899; demolition begun 1910; present structure,
erected without interruption to traffic, opened
1913; Reed & Stem and Warren & Wetmore,
architects.—rAtf Eve. Post (New Terminal Supp.),
Feb. I, 1913; see also Chronology. First bldg.
shown In Man. Com. Coun., 1870, p. 603; Emmet
Collection, No. 11853.

Pennsylvania Station.                         781-1, 782-1

Site: Seventh to Eighth Aves., 31st to 33d Sts.
Begun 1904; opened 1910,—Papers and Discus¬
sions,   Am.   Soc.   of Civil   Engineers,   XXXVII:
 

Ti,"o';
 

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N"o. 5, pp. 562-614. McKIm, Mead & White,
architects. Shown In Am. Architect (1910), Vol,
XCVIII, No, 1815.

Stations of Hudson River R. R.

Sites: Freight station erected by "Commodore"
Vanderbilt on St. John's Park, bounded by Hud¬
son, Varick, Laight, and Beach Sts,, 1867 (Ann.
Reps., Supt. of Buildings, 1862-73, pp. 298-9,
300; see also bronze pediment on W. side of bldg,,
which is still standing, 1918). See also Grand
Central Station, supra.

Stations of N, Y. & Harlem R. R.

Sites: Depot and ticket-office, and office of su¬
perintendent at 241 Bowery, opened Nov., 1832;
depot, stables, machine-shop, and sup't's office
erected on S. half of block on W. side Fourth
Ave., bet. 26th and 27th Sts., 1837; stations also
erected at Fourth Ave. and ^2d St. and at Har¬
lem 1837; dilapidated building, cor. Centre St.
and Tryon Row, made over and fitted up as
depot and principal office 1839; site now covered
by Municipal Bldg.; steam terminal on W. side
of Fourth Ave. at 32d St. completed 1846.—
Records of the Company, by courtesy of Mr. D.
W. Pardee, secretary. R. R. station at N. W.
cor. Fourth Ave. and 42d St. shown on Dripps
Map 1851 (PI. 138). See also Grand Central
Station, supra.

Stations of N. Y. & New Haven R. R.

Sites: Depot, at S. E. cor. Broadway and Canal
St., erected 1851 (the road turning Into Canal
St. from Center St. and The Bowery, from the
Bowery division of the N. Y. & Hariem R. R,,
over whose tracks the New Haven line had right
of way from 1848); passenger station erected on
N. half of block on W. side of Fourth Ave. bet.
26th and 27th Sts., and station at Canal St.
idoned,   1857;  their freight  dejjot,   at  bloi
 

bounded by Centre,
Sts., used since 1851,
of the Company, by •
also Grand Central
 

Franklm, White, and Elm
abandoned 1885,—-Records
ourtesy of Mr. Pardee. See
Station, hifra.
 

RESERVOIRS, WELLS, AND WATER¬
WORKS

Croton Distributing Reservoir.                 1257-2

Site: Fifth Ave., 40th to 43d Sts. Begun 1837
(Pro. Bds. Aid. and Assls., V; 73); water let in
1842.—Diary of Philip Hone, II: 96, 137. Reser¬
voir demolished 1899-1900. N. Y. Public Li¬
brary now on this site. Shown on PI. 145, Vol.
Ill;  Am. Architect (1907), Vol. XCII, No. 1665.

Grand Reservoir, "Manhattan Lake." 1111-12
Site: Middle of Central Park. Begun 1858 (Pro.
Bds. Aid. and Councilmen, XXVI: 51); water let
In 1862.—i6lh Ann. Rep., Am. Seen, and Hist.
Pres. Soc, 436-7. Shown in Man. Com. Coun.,
i86g, p. 176.

Manhattan Company Reservoir.                   '53-6

Site: N. side Chambers St., bet. Broadway and
Centre St. Erected c 1800 (aotk Ann. Rep., Am.
Seen, and Hist. Pres, Soc, 208); demohshed igi4.
Shown In Man. Com. Coun., 1855, p. 230; Pelle¬
treau's Early TV. Y. Houses, Pl. 14.

Manhattan Company Tank and Pump.          iS5~'

Site: N. W. cor. Reade and Centre Sts. Erected
c 1800; water used until 1842; demolished 1914.
—20th Ann. Rep., Am, Seen, and Hist. Pres. Soc,
203 et seq.; N.  Y.  Times, July 9,  1914.
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