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 3 2 A 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 B 4 11 12 Q D E C 21 22 F R P G 20 13 H 19 S L M 18 K N 15 16 17 O J 25 I 24 T 23 14 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 Map Tour 2 2 of 3 K J I 14 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 Map Tour 2 3 of 3 37 38 36 HH 39 35 34 GG 40 FF EE 41 DD W 33 32 CC BB 42 X II V 26 Y AA JJ 27 31 Z 29 U 28 30 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.