State Street (Manhattan)
State Street is a short street in the
State Street approximates the original waterline of the island before landfill expanded it.
History
According to the
Around 1808, Robert Fulton bought a mansion on State Street at the corner of Marketfield Street,[1] which was near the current location of Bowling Green.[2]: 28 Later, in 1819, Herman Melville was born in a house on or near 15 State Street.[3]: 12
One of the row of stately town houses lining the Battery on State Street was the James Watson House, built in 1793 at 7 State Street, which was 6 State Street at the time. The mansions had unobstructed views of New York Harbor.[4][2]: 30 The Watson House is the last remaining house on the street from that era.[5][6]
In 1883, the James Watson House became the Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary, which saw after the care of Irish immigrant girls, along with 8 State Street next door. By the early 1960s, both buildings were in disrepair. 8 State Street was torn down, and replaced in 1964 by the Church of Our Lady of Rosary, designed by Shanley & Sturgis; while the former Watson house was gutted to become the rectory for the church. Today both are part of the
At the northern end of the street, the
At around the same time as the Custom House was being built, the
On the site of the second Seaman's Church Institute building is 17 State Street, built in 1987-89 and designed by Emery Roth and Sons, a 41-floor, 541-foot (165 m) office building with a curved curtain wall facade that, according to the AIA Guide to New York City, forms a "sleek columnar mirror".[3]: 11 [13] The building is one of a number of tall office buildings which now populate the street.
The
References
- ISBN 0-195-11634-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8147-2712-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
- ISBN 978-0-8232-1275-0.
- ^ "James Watson House" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. November 23, 1965. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
- ^ ISBN 0-231-12543-7.
- ^ "Our Lady of the Rosary" St. Peter-Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Parish website
- ^ a b "United States Custom House" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 14, 1965. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ "Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New York, NY". General Services Administration. February 28, 2019. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ United States. Dept. of the Interior (1985). Catalogue of National Historic Landmarks. U.S. Department of the Interior. p. 162. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ "17 State Street". Emporis. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015.
- ^ Sulzberger, A. G. (September 9, 2009). "Pavilion Is Latest Dutch Gift to City". City Room. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ Cilento, Karen (September 10, 2009). "New Amsterdam Pavilion / UNStudio". ArchDaily. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- OCLC 696605121.
External links
- Media related to State Street (Manhattan) at Wikimedia Commons