The Architectural Evolution of Lower Manhattan from About 1880

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The Architectural Evolution of Lower Manhattan From About 1880

Tour 2

Cedar Street to Stone Street Broad Street to Pearl Street

Douglas R. McKibben Tour 2 Views of Extant Sites 1 Lords Court Building 2 Broad Exchange Building 23 Armitage Building 3 Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building 24 57 Stone Street 4 55 Broad Street Building 25 New York Cotton Exchange Building 5 16 Beaver Street 26 76-78 Beaver Street 6 18 Beaver Street 27 80 Beaver Street 7 20 Beaver Street 28 Cocoa Exchange Building 8 22 Beaver Street 29 Munson Building 9 24 Beaver Street 30 Pacific Development Building 10 Stock Quotation Telegraph Building 31 Seamen’s Bank for Savings Building 11 American Bank Note Company Building 32 J. P Morgan Bank Building 12 International Telephone and Telegraph Building 33 Brown Brothers Harriman Building 13 Maritime Exchange Building 34 National City Bank Building 14 Goldman Sachs Building 35 Bank of New York Building 15 Block Hall 36 Kuhn Loeb & Company Building 16 17 & 19 South William Street 37 Germania Fire Insurance Company Building 17 13 & 15 South William Street 38 Church of Our Lady of Victory 18 William H. McGee Building 39 Caledonia Insurance Company Building 19 Seligman Building 40 Wallace Building 20 Delmonico’s Building 41 Downtown Association Building and Annex 21 William Beaver House 42 Cities Service Building 22 City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building Tour 2

Views of Sites Since Demolished

A Combustion Engineering Building S New York Cotton Exchange Building B Seaboard National Bank Building T Coffee Exchange Building C John Osborn Son & Company U 10 Hanover Street D Charles Graef & Company V 74-70 Beaver Street E Consolidated Stock Exchange Building W Maitland Phelps & Company Building F 74 Broad Street X Post Building G Maritime Exchange Building Y 76-78 Beaver Street H 81 Broad Street Z Eagle Building I 24-40 Stone Street AA Seamen’s Bank for Savings Building J 20 Stone Street BB International Banking Company Building K 85-99 Broad Street CC Sampson Building L 39 and 43 South William Street DD National City Bank of New York Building M Curtis Building EE Central Trust Company Building N Terminal Warehouse Building FF Bank of New York Building O Chubb & Sons Building GG 50 Wall Street P Corn Exchange Bank Buildings HH Commercial Union Building Q Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R. II Site prior to Cities Service Building Company Building JJ 168 Pearl Street R Farmers Trust Building Map Tour 2 1 of 3

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This is the link for map used for this tour (Bromley, 1930). Use it to enlarge areas and examine them in detail https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/edc140d0-2178-0132-3559-58d385a7b928 1 Lords Court Building 40 (36-42) Exchange Place SW corner (25-29) William Street Built: 1896 Architects: John Townsend Williams and William H. Birkmire 21 stories, 233 feet In 2008, southwest wing was demolished and air rights transferred to increase the height of a neighboring building. Low rise build (four stories) at 23 William Street was know as the Van Nostrand Building (see photo on the right).

Image source: King’s Views of New York 1903 Photo by: Irving Underhill from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Broad Exchange Building 2 25 (25-33) Broad Street, SE corner (44-60) Exchange Place Built: 1900 Architects: Clinton & Russell Beaux-arts, historism 20 stories, 277 ft.

Headquarters of Paine, Webber and Company for more than 70 years. Converted to residential 1997.

Photo by: Wurts Brothers from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York 3 Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building a.k.a. Bank of America International Building 41 (37-41) Broad Street Built: 1929 Architects: Cross & Cross Classic revival Ten stories Mural inside by Griffith Bailey Coale, "A Pageantry of the History of Commerce by Sea.“ Crash of 1929 and involvement in the Swedish Match Scandal put Lee, Higginson out of business. Today building is private Leman Preparatory School.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/epicharmus/1527055539 A Combustion Engineering Building a.k.a. American Bureau of Shipping, Jacquelin & De Coppet Building 43-47 Broad Street Built 1921 (?), razed 2007 Eight stories Was to be the site of a 62-story (Nobu) hotel, but that project was cancelled. Construction now underway on the same foot print of a mix use office building/residential condominium: 45 Broad Street Building 43-47 Broad Street Built: 2021 Architects: CetraRuddy, Inc. 64 stories, 1115 feet. Photo by: Wurts Brothers from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York B Seaboard National Bank Building (1939, Manufacturers Trust Company Building) 55 (55-59) Broad Street, NE corner (33-37) Beaver Street Built 1920, razed 1966. Architect: Alfred C. Bossom Roman Corinthian Seven stories Razed to build 31-story 55 Broad Street Building circa 1892

C John Osborn, Son & Company Building 45 Beaver Street Built 1854 Built by Osborn when the area was the center of the dry goods trade which moved farther uptown within a couple of years. Importers and wine merchants that controlled distribution of Piper-Heidsieck champagne.

Image source: King’s Handbook of New York 1892, pg. 842 circa 1892 D Charles Graef & Company 32 Beaver Street SE corner (61-63) Broad Street In the 1890’s largest American Importers of champagnes, wines and mineral water. Razed circa 1927 to build the International Telephone & Telegraph (ITT) Building.

Image source: King’s Handbook of New York 1892, pg. 843 4 55 Broad Street Building 49-59 Broad Street, 35-49 Beaver Street. Built: 1967 Architects: Emory Roth & Sons International style 31 stories, 402 feet Commercial building 5 16 Beaver Street SE corner New Street NW corner Marketfield Street Built: circa 1920 Six stories, 66 feet

Image source: https://www.emporis.com/buildings/398882/16-beaver-street-new-york-city-ny-usa 6 20 Beaver Street 7 18 Beaver Street Built: circa 1900 Built: circa 1880 Four stories Four stories 8 9 22 Beaver Street 24 Beaver Street Built: circa 1900 Built: circa 1920 Four stories Four stories

Photos by: Dylan Stone, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1999). Block 020 Beaver Street between Marketfield Street and Broad Street 10 Stock Quotation Telegraph Company Building a.k.a. Norton Lilly International Building 26 (26-28) Beaver Street Built: 1910 Architects: Clinton & Russell Beaux-arts 18 stories, 231 feet

Photo by: Wurts Brothers from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York 11 American Bank Note Company Building 70 Broad Street, SW corner (30-32) Beaver Street, SW corner Marketfield Street

Built: 1908 Architects: Kirby, Petit & Green Neo-classical Five stories

Photo by: Wurts Brothers from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York 12 International Telephone and Telegraph Building 67 (61-81) Broad Street (a.k.a. 75 Broad Street), SE corner (32-36) Beaver Street to (28-40) South William Street Built: 1928 Architects: Buchman & Kahn, addition by Louis S. Weeks Neo-classism 35 stories, 433 feet Built as Lefcourt Exchange Building but bought almost immediately by ITT. Once housed the New York Commodities Exchange (CoMEX)

Photo by: Irving Underhill from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York E Consolidated Stock Exchange Building 63-69 Broad Street SE corner (32-36) Beaver Street Built 1906, razed 1927 Architects: Clinton & Russell

Formerly located at the NE corner of Broadway and Exchange Place (see Tour 1 Section 1 E )

Image source: The Consolidated stock exchange of New York, its history, organization,machinery and methods By Samuel Armstrong Nelson F G 74 Broad Street Maritime Exchange Building SE corner Marketfield Street a.k.a. Popham Building 78-80 Broad Street circa 1935 circa 1905

Photo by: Arthur Vitols Byron Company from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Photo by: Irving Underhill from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Maritime Exchange Building 13 80 (78-86) Broad Street Built: 1931 Architects: Sloan & Robertson Art Deco 36 stories, 384 feet

Image source: https://www.emporis.com/buildings/115277/maritime-exchange-building-new-york-city-ny-usa H 81 Broad Street NW corner South William Street Razed 1927 for International Telephone and Telegraph Building

Photo by William D. Hassler, New York Historical Society collection I 24-40 Stone Street J 20 Stone Street NE corner (91) Broad Street

Photo source: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, Photo by: Arthur Hosking from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York The New York Public Library. Manhattan: Stone Street - Broad Street L 39 and 43 South William Street K SE corner (85-89) Broad St. 85-99 Broad Street Razed 1982 for Goldman Sachs Building

Photos by: Percy Loomis Sperr Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. Manhattan: Broad Street - William Street (South) Terminal Warehouse N Curtis Building M 33-37 South William Street 25-31 South William Street Razed 1982 for Goldman Sachs Building (37-43 Stone Street) Razed 1982 Razed for Goldman Sachs Building Eight stories

Photo by: Percy Loomis Sperr, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. Manhattan: South William Street – Photo by: Wurts Brothers Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History Broad Street and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1887 - 1964). 25 South William Street 14 Goldman Sachs Building 85 (85-89) Broad Street, 25-43 South William Street Built: 1983 Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Modernism 32 stories, 443 feet Obtained air-rights from the Fraunces Tavern block across Pearl Street. Eliminated Stone Street from Broad Street to Coenties Slip. The change to the street plan resulted In granting landmark status to all the nearby street "grid“. 17 and 19 South William Street 16 15 Built 1839, redesigned: 1905 Built: 1839 Block Hall Architect: Henry L. Tilton Refurbished: 2013 21-23 South William Street Dutch renaissance (45-47 Stone Street) Built: 1927 Architect: William Neil Smith Tudor style Seven stories One time partially occupied by the Italian Alps Restaurant. Now condominiums. Built as a businessmen’s lunch club. Named for Dutch explorer Adriane Block.

Image source: https://streeteasy.com/building/block-hall

Image source: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=_Xi1Wqz3K-zVjwSn8KnYDw&q=%2215- 17+william+st%2C+nyc+brokr.com&oq=%2215-17+william+st%2C+nyc+brokr.com&gs_l=psy-ab.3...10436. 14778.0.18768.11.11.0.0.0.0.88.780.11.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.aSINhmyJt18#imgrc=KgtSASJegdLahM: 17 13 and 15 South William Street Redesigned: 1903 & 1909 Architect: C.P.H. Gilbert circa 1866 Flemish revival Four stories

Photo by: M. Swift The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. South William Street, New York Photo source: http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/09/nos-13-and-15-south-william-street.html Chubb & Sons Building O William H. McGee Building 18 (late Lehman Brothers Annex Building) 5-7 South William Street Built 1907, razed 1982 9-11 South William Street Architects: Carrère & Hasting McGee was a marine underwriter Building now a hotel In 1919 Chubb & Sons (marine underwriting) moved HQ to 54 Stone (Armitage Building) and 5 South William became its annex.

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Image source: https://www.hotelplanner.com/Hotels/20105/Reservations Image source: New York City Department of Finance, Manhattan 1940’s Tax Photos -The-Wall-Street-Inn-New-York-9-South-William-St-10004 19 Seligman Building 1 (1-9) William Street, Site prior to Seligman Building 1-3 South Williams Street and 63-67 Stone Street) Built: 1907 Architect: Francis Kimball Neo-renaissance 11 stories Former headquarters of investment firm J&W Seligman. Lehman Bros. Headquarters 1929-1980. In 1940s Lehman Brothers began to use 5-7 South William St. (subsequently demolished and replaced in 1982-86) as an annex, and expanded in 1955 to 9-11 South William Street (extant)

Photo by: Edwin Levick, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. Manhattan: South William Street - William Street Image from King’s Views of New York 1893 20 Delmonico’s Building 56 (48-56) Beaver Street, 2-6 South William Street Built: 1890 Architect: James Brown Lord Renaissance revival Eight stories Delmonico’s relocated here in 1836 after fire destroyed there building at 24 William Street. This is second building on this site. Restaurant closed in 1917 and ended Delmonico family role. Reopened as “Oscar’s Delmonico’s” in 1926. Another “Delmonico’s operated here from 1981-1992; vacant until 1998, latest incarnation began in 1999. In 1920s Merchant Marine was Headquartered in the building. Photo by: Robert L. Bracklow from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York

Image source: King’s Views of New York 1895 P Corn Exchange Bank Buildings 13 (11-21) Williams Street NW corner Beaver Street Built 1894 (addition 1904), razed 1989 Bank occupied previously Architect: Robert H. Robertson built four-story building on 20 stories, 260 feet this site by Richard UpJohn (originally 11 stories) in 1855. Razed circa 1892 In 1929 became Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company. In 1954 merged with Chemical Bank to form Chemical Corn Exchange Bank. Dropped “Corn” after merger with New York Trust. Site now part of 15 William Street Building, William Beaver House.

Photo by: Irving Underhill from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York

Image source: King’s Views of New York 1895 21 William Beaver House 15 (11-23) William Street 51-59 Beaver Street Built: 2009 Architects: Tsao and McKown 44 stories, 523 feet Residential condominium Q Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Building 26 Exchange Place, NE corner William Street Built 1892, razed 1929 Architect L.C. Holden Italian renaissance Ten stories Razed to build City Bank-Farmers Trust Building

Image source: King’s Views of New York 1895, pg. 60 22 City Bank-Farmers Trust Building Farmers Trust Building R 20 (14-28) Exchange Place, 61-75 Beaver on this site. (pre merger) Street, 16-26 William Street, 6 Hanover Street 16-22 William street Built: 1930 NE corner Beaver Street Architects: Cross and Cross Modern classic (Art Deco) 57 stories, 743 feet Designed to be world’s tallest building at 846.4 ft., about 78 stories, but scaled back. Built for the newly merged National City Bank of New York and the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, predecessor firms of Citigroup. It remained the company's headquarters until 1956

Image source: https://www.google.com/search?q=city+bank+farmers+trust+company,+tumblr&tbm =isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=8xB-2QEvkY4caM%253A%252CBCAL6dkacP6nLM%252C_&usg=__kORbc jG1owgZTor0r7truAmNNu8%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCuu7hmYXaAhXLy4MKHfQXBgAQ9QEIUzAI#imgrc=lHjs83kqb1Zv9M: Photo by: Robert L. Bracklow, New York Historical Society collection Armitage Building 23 57 Stone Street 24 54 (54-56) Stone Street (87-89) Pearl Street) (15 South William Street) Re-built: 1935 Built: 1903 Seven stories Dutch revival

https://www.google.com/search?q=54+stone+street+nyc,+image&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=mhFQMws7 https://www.google.com/search?q=54+stone+street+nyc,+image&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1& mkRaXM%253A%252CWU8L41w5eQJ2lM%252C_&usg=AFrqEzfGogNFtKicDSailABNPNfCGcDQwA&sa=X&ved=2ah fir=U8YFeVr-moKXwM%253A%252CYgeFaX84341G2M%252C_&usg=AFrqEzfCNUVk2eXoUdb2dEQNgti74 UKEwiZkZaLzcLdAhUT0IMKHdfWDkkQ9QEwA3oECAYQCg#imgrc=mhFQMws7mkRaXM: _hUcQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZkZaLzcLdAhUT0IMKHdfWDkkQ9QEwB3oECAYQEg#imgrc=U8YFeVr-moKXwM: circa 1923

25 New York Cotton Exchange Building (now known as Three Hanover Square Building) 107-111 Pearl Street 2-6 William Street NE corner (60-64) Beaver Street Built: 1923 Architect: Donn Barber Neo-classicism 23 stories, 292 ft.

Known as “Three Hanover Square”. However, maps of the area show that address is located on the south side of the street “Hanover Square” and is occupied by the building named 7 Hanover Square covering 3-13 Hanover Square. Actual address for this building is 107-111 Pearl Street

Photo by Irving Underhill from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York S New York Cotton Exchange Building 60-64 Beaver Street NW corner (2-6) William Street, 107-111 Pearl Street Built 1885, razed 1922 107-111 Pearl Street Architect: George B. Post circa 1876 French renaissance Nine stories Replaced by new Cotton Exchange Building on same site (Three Hanover Square)

Photo by: American News Company from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York

Photo by: J.H.Jordan from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York T U Coffee Exchange Building 10 Hanover Street 113-117 Pearl Street (Hanover Square) SW corner (119-121) Pearl Street 66-70 Beaver Street

The pirate, Capt. Kidd, who was hanged in England in 1699, believed to have had a house at 119 Pearl Street.

Image source: Art and Picture Collection, The New York Photo by: Berenice Abbott, collection of the Museum of the City of New York Public Library. (1900). Coffee Exchange, New York V 70-74 Beaver Street circa 1930 razed

W Maitland Phelps & Co. 22-24 Exchange Place Involved in banking and Latin American trade. Provided letters of credit, foreign exchange and acted as agents for various large railroads and corporations. circa 1928

X Post Building 16-18 Exchange Place, 67-75 Beaver Street, 6 Hanover Street Built 1881, razed circa 1929 Architect: George B. Post Romanesque revival Seven stories Commissioned by architect’s father. Replaced by City Bank- Farmers Trust Building

Photo by: Percy Loomis Sperr, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1928). Manhattan: Hanover Street - Exchange Place 26

76-78 Beaver Street Buildings previously on site 123-125 Pearl Street 7 Hanover Street a.k.a. 11 Hanover Square

Built: 1931 Architect: Chester J. Storm 27 stories, 308 feet

Image source: http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/76-beaver-street/11814 Photos source: Collection of the Museum of the City of New York Y 27 76-78 Beaver Street circa 1930 80 Beaver Street razed Presently, Killarney Rose Bar

Photo by Percy Loomis Sperr, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1929). Manhattan: Beaver Street - Hanover Street Photo by Wurts Brosthers, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1929). Manhattan: Beaver Street - Hanover Street 28 Cocoa Exchange Building a.k.a. Beaver Building, One Wall Street Court 82 (82-92)Beaver Street SW corner (129-133) Pearl Street Built: 1904 Architects: Clinton & Russell Neo-renaissance 15 stories Headquarters of Munson Steamship Company 1904 – 1921 and they owned the building form 1919 to 1937 (lost in foreclosure). From 1931 to 1979, primary tenant was New York Cocoa Exchange. In 1979 Cocoa Exchange merged with New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange later merged with New York Board of Trade. Notable example for turn-of-the-century New York skyscrapers in which each section of the tripartite scheme is differentiated by color and materials. It is also a very early example of the use of boldly polychromatic glazed terracotta, as well as a significant survivor of this period of terracotta development. Photo by: Geo. P. Hall & Son collection New York Historical Society Munson Building 29 67 (67-73 Wall Street SW corner (85-95) Beaver Street, 185 Pearl Street Built: 1921 Architect: Kenneth M. Murchison 26 stories, 343 feet Home of Munson Steamship Line

Z Eagle Building 71-73 Wall Street Before Munson Building Photo by: William D. Hassler, New York Historical Society collection circa 1940 30 Pacific Development Building 76-80 Wall Street NE corner (154-158) Pearl Street Built in same style as Tontine Building which it adjoins at 82-86 Wall Street but built later and as a separate building. Today Generally considered as part of the Tontine Building. See Tour 7 2

Image source: New York City Department of Finance Manhattan 1940s Tax Photo Seamen’s Bank for Savings Building 31 Seamen’s Bank for Savings Building AA 72-76 Wall Street SW corner (159-169 )Pearl Street 74-76 Wall Street (NW corner Pearl Street) Built: 1927 Built 1871, razed 1925 Architect: Benjamin Wistar Morris III Architect: Robert G. Hatfield 20 stories, 222 feet

Allegedly, changed address to 74 Wall From 76 Wall whose digits totaled 13 and made their seafaring customers wary.

Photo source: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1925). Manhattan: Wall Street - Pearl Street Photo by: Underwood & Underwood, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1929). Manhattan: Wall Street - Pearl Street 32 J.P. Morgan Bank Building a.k.a., 60 Wall Street, Deutsche Bank Building (52-70 Wall Street, 51-71 Pine Street) Built: 1989 Architects: Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates Post-modernism 55 stories, 745 feet

Image source: http://skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/WALL_STREET/60_wall.ph International Banking Company Building BB Before its demolition, 60 Wall Street was an annex to 70 Pine Street connected by a skywalk. 60-62 Wall Street to Pine Street Built 1905, razed 1975 Architects: Clinton and Russell Beaux-arts, historism 26 stories, 352 feet Previous building at 60 Wall Street

Photo by: Irving Underhill from the collection of the Museum Photo source: King’s Photographic Views of New York, of the City of New York 1895, pg. 129 circa 1930 33 Brown Brothers Harriman Building Now known as 63 Wall Street, The Crest a.k.a. Wall and Hanover Building) 59 (59-65) Wall Street, 79-83 Beaver Street, 1-5 Hanover Street Built: 1929 Architects: Delano & Aldrich Classical revival 37 stories Built for Brown Brothers & Company. Became Brown Bothers Harriman by merger in 1931

Sampson Building (left) CC 63-65 Wall Street Built 1898, razed 1928 Architects: Clinton & Russell 12 stories, 207 feet Brown Brothers Building (right) Photo by: Wurts Bros., collection of the Museum of the City of New York 59-61 Wall Street

Built ?, razed circa 1928 Photo by: Geo. P. Hall & Son collection New York Historical Society National City Bank of New York DD 52 Wall Street (north side, three doors east of William Street) Occupied by New York Life Insurance and Trust Company from at least 1899 through 1927 circa 1892

Replaced the former United States Branch Bank Building which was jointly owned and occupied by National City Bank and New York Life Insurance and Trust Company.

Images source: King’s Handbook of New York 1892, pg. 663 Built 1840, razed 1867 /

circa 1892 EE Central Trust Company Building 54 Wall Street Built 1887, razed Through mergers name change variously to Central Union Trust Company of New York, to Central Hanover Bank, to Manufacturers Hanover Bank and now is part of J. P. Morgan Chase. Site now occupied by the former J. P. Morgan Headquarters known as 60 Wall Street

Image source: King’s Handbook of New York 1892, pg. 711 34 National City Bank Building 55 Wall Street (between William and Hanover Streets) Built: 1841, Architect: Isaiah Rogers Greek revival Constructed as the Merchant’s Exchange Replaced the previous exchange burned in the 1835 Great Fire. When the exchange failed, it became the U.S. Customs House in 1863. Future President Chester Arthur worked here as a customs collector. Herman Melville as a customs inspector Sold to National City Bank (now Citibank) in 1907. Architects McKim, Meade and White. Four stories were added as were twelve columns at the entrance. Inside was remodeled to look like the Pantheon in Rome with a sixty-foot-high central dome wedge-wood dome. Bank president James Stillman believed the acquisition and reuse of this historic building as the company’s headquarters, increased the company’s prestige. Citibank moved headquarters to 399 Park Avenue in 1961 and terminated activities at 55 Wall Street in 1992. Photo from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Bank of New York Building 35 FF 48 (48-50 )Wall Street, NE corner Previous BONY building on same site (46-50) William Street Built: 1858, razed circa 1928 Built: 1929 Architects: Vaux & Withers Architect: Benjamin Wistar Morris Neo-classism 32 stories, 513 feet The third Bank of New York building on this site. Founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1784. Oldest commercial bank in the U.S.

Drawing by: Chester B. Price from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Photo by: Irving Underhill from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York circa 1892

GG 50 Wall Street The State Trust Company headquarters on lower floor. Moved to 36 Wall Street circa 1893 Merged with Morton Trust Company in 1900. Building razed circa 1929, when Bank of New York expanded from 48 Wall Street and built a new building covering 48 and 50 Wall Street. Morton Trust acquired by Guaranty Trust Company of New York in 1910

Image source: King’s Handbook of New York, 1892 pg. 716 36 Kuhn Loeb & Company Building (a.k.a. Schiff Estate Building) Union Building 52 (50-54) William Street, Previously on this site SE corner (47-49 Pine) Street circa 1895 Built: 1903 Architect: James B. Baker Beaux-arts, historism 20 stories, 265 feet Hotel since 1995

Photo source: King’s Photographic Views of New York, 1895. pg. 159 Image source: https://www.instantstreetview.com/@4070702,-74.008957,180.61h,34.48p,0z 37 Germania Fire Insurance Building a.k.a. Banca Italiano Building 62 (62-64)William Street, SE corner (30-38) Cedar Street Built: 1900 Eight stories, 89 feet Bought by Banca Commerciale Italiana in 1924

Photo by: Wurts Brothers from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York 38 Church of Our Lady of Victory Commercial Union Building HH 60 (58-60) Williams Street NE corner (48) Pine Street, (a.k.a. Harris Forbes Building) Built: 1946 48 Pine Street, NE corner Architects: Eggers and Higgins (56-60) Williams Street circa 1895

Image source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Victory_Church_(Manhattan)#/media/File:20110121.17.NYC. Downtown.WmSt.ChasePlaza.OurLadyofVictory.1945-5.d.Eggers%26Higgins_taken_by_James_Russiello.jpg Image source: King’s Photographic Views of New York, 1895, pg. 157 circa 1905 39 Caledonia Insurance Company Building a.k.a. Alberti Building 50 (50-52)Pine Street Built: 1902 Architect: James B. Baker Beaux-arts, historism 12 stories, 146 feet

Image source: Rendering by Hughson Hawley from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York circa 1985

40 Wallace Building 56-58 Pine Street Built: 1894 Architect: Oswald Wirz 12 stories

In 1913 the Montgomery Ward & Co. opened New York branch office here. Housed various insurance companies. In 2000 it was partially renovated as “The Cambridge Club” apartments for Salomon Brothers Smith Barney and Lehman Brothers.

Image from King’s Views of New York 1895, pg. 155 41 Downtown Association Building 60-62 Pine Street Built: 1887 Architect: Charles C. Haight Romanesque revival

Downtown Association Annex 64 Pine Street Built: 1911 Architects: Warren & Wentworth Membership continued to be fixed at 1000, and in 1921 the club was serving an average of 750 persons for lunch each day Cities Service Building 42 (a.k.a. American International Group (AIG) Building) 70 (66-76) Pine Street, NE corner (171-185) Pearl Street, 2-18 Cedar Street Built: 1932 Architects: Clinton & Russell Art Deco 66 stories, 952 feet JJ Site before Construction

Photos by Wurts Brothers from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York circa 1940

JJ 168 Pearl Street SE corner Pine Street

Razed circa 1955 to build 130 Water Street Building See Tour 7 6

Image source: New York City Department of Finance Manhattan 1940s Tax Photos