| New York (New York County), Chinatown, New York City — Americans of Chinese Ancestry |
| | [Panel 1]:
In memory of the Americans of Chinese ancestry who lost their lives in defense of freedom and democracy.
[Chinese characters and insignia of the American Legion.]
[Panel 2]:
Dedicated by the Lt. Benj. Ralph Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291
April 29, 1962.
Poy G. Lee, AIA, Architect.
Built by De Nigris Monument Co. — Map (db m20140) |
| New York (New York County), Chinatown, New York City — Lin Ze Xu — 1785 -1850 |
| | Pioneer in the war against drugs.
[Marker includes an inscription in Chinese characters.] — Map (db m20141) |
| New York (New York County), Harlem — 369th Infantry Regiment Memorial — “Harlem Hellfighters” Monument |
| | This monument honors the legendary 369th Infantry Regiment known as the Harlem Hellfighters. The black granite obelisk is a replica of a 1997 memorial that stands in Sechault in Northern France, where the 369th soldiers distinguished themselves in World War I. Unveiled on September 29, 2006, the 88th anniversary of that battle, the obelisk is 12 feet high and features gilded inscriptions, the 369th's crest and its coiled rattlesnake insignia.
During World War I, United States Armed Forces . . . — Map (db m18993) |
| New York (New York County), Liberty Island — The New Colossus |
| | Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land; here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she with silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath . . . — Map (db m3943) |
| New York (New York County), Manhattan — Birthplace of Herman Melville |
| | On this site, number 6 Pearl Street, Herman Melville was born August 1, 1819. Author of Moby Dick, “Bartelby the Scrivener,” Pierre, Billy Budd and many other American classics. — Map (db m18320) |
| New York (New York County), Manhattan — General Grant Memorial |
| | General Grant Memorial, popularly known as “Grant’s Tomb,” is the largest mausoleum in America. Its monumental size reflects the public admiration for Ulysses S. Grant --- Union general during the Civil War, and 18th President of the United States. After President Benjamin Harrison laid the cornerstone in 1892, it took six years to build the 150-foot-high memorial, using 8,000 tons of granite. Huge crowds attended the dedication in 1897 to honor the man they credited with winning . . . — Map (db m3899) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 1 Wall Street / 14 Wall Street — Exploring Downtown |
| | 1 Wall Street On one of the world’s most expensive corners – 1 Wall Street and Broadway – architect Ralph Walker conceived his zig-zag Art Deco skyscraper for the Irving Trust Company as a “curtain wall” – not the typical sheet of glass hanging from a steel cage, but a limestone wall rippling like a curtain descending on a Broadway stage. Because of the curves in the wall, the bank doesn’t completely occupy its full building lot, and by law unoccupied and . . . — Map (db m19716) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 100 Old Slip - New York City Police Museum |
| | 100 Old Slip was designed by the notable architectural firm of Hunt & Hunt in the New-Italian Renaissance style. Its visual power is created by a rhythmic series of tall arches, heavy rusticated walls and restrained ornamentation. The building's distinctive profile with its dominating cornice is reminiscent of the Plazzo Riccardi in Florence. Built in 1909-11, this impressive public building served until 1973 as the home of the First Precinct Police Station, replacing an 1884 police station . . . — Map (db m21510) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 100 Year-Old Sycamore |
| | This stump is all that remains of a 100 year-old Sycamore that once stood in the northwest corner of St. Paul's churchyard. the tree was toppled on September 11th, 2001, when the collapse of the World Trade Center sent tons of depris hurtling towards the church, including a large stell beam from the North Tower. Miraculously, the Chapel's trees shielded it from damage and not a single pane of glass was broken throughtout the church.
In 2005, renowned sculptor Steve Tobin worked with tree . . . — Map (db m8792) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 13 South William Street |
| |
Listed on the
National Historic Register,
this building was built in 1837-1839.
In 1903 architect C.P.H. Gilbert
converted it into its current
Neo-Dutch Renaissance style.
Today the building is home to
America's oldest security agency,
McRoberts Protective Agency, Inc.,
which was founded in downtown
Manhattan in 1876. — Map (db m21512) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 1941 · Honor Roll · 1945 — Baggage Dept., Pennsylvania Station, N.Y. |
| | In honor of the men from this department who served their country in the Armed Forces of the United States during World War II and in lasting tribute to the ten who gave their lives in the service of their country.
Carey, Richard F. •
Crowley, John F. •
Fitzgerald, William J. •
Leo, James E. •
Lercher, Robert •
Manzolillo, Michael •
Metz, Charles B. •
Muller, Thomas •
Murtha, John J. Jr. •
Pierluca, Mario J.
[The names of approximately 200 World War II veterans follow.] — Map (db m6135) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 207 - 211 Water Street — Built 1835–1836 |
| | These three brick Greek Revival-style stores, built together for different owners, display classic details of the period: granite steps, cornice, and piers and lintels in its trabeated storefront. The brick is laid up in Flemish bond, a style whose popularity was already declining when these buildings were constructed. The stores were built for Peter J. Hart, Gabriel Havens, and David Louderback, a mason who may also have been their builder. — Map (db m21151) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 48 Wall Street / 40 Wall Street — Exploring Downtown |
| | < 48 Wall Street Side > Museum of American Finance What more appropriate home for the Museum of American Finance than the grand, 30-foot-high banking hall of the former Bank of New York building? The museum – an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution – is the only one of its kind in America. Effectively serving as the New York Stock Exchange’s de facto visitors’ center, the museum displays permanent interactive exhibits on finance, money, entrepreneurship and . . . — Map (db m24306) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 82 Jane Street |
| | Site of the William Bayard House
Where Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, died after his duel with Aaron Burr
July 12, 1804
This historic location holding traditions of the city and the nation, is thus permanently marked by the present owners of this property. — Map (db m22099) |
| New York (New York County), New York — 97 Orchard Street |
| | Built in 1863-64 by Lucas Glockner, a German-born tailor, 97 Orchard Street is typical of the earliest form of tenement house constructed in New York. For millions of immigrants from scores of nations, this tenement and others like it was a place of first settlement in America. We salute them as our urban pioneers on the municipal frontier. This is the first tenement to be individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. September, 1992 — Map (db m16540) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Adriaen van der Donck’s Home — Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York |
| | ADRIAEN VAN DER DONCK’S HOME Location: Marketfield Street at Broad Street Dutch Name: Het Marckvelt Steegie In a house that stood a few feet from here lived lawyer Adriaen van der Donck (c. 1620 - c. 1655), author of the Remonstrance of New Netherland (1649). He wanted to persuade officials in the Dutch Republic to take over the Nieuw Nederland colony from the Dutch West India Company. Like other settlers, he also wanted Nieuw Amsterdam to have its own city government. . . . — Map (db m24116) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House / National Museum of the American Indian — Exploring Downtown |
| | Before the income tax was invented, the duty levied on imported goods financed almost the entire cost of America’s federal government – and as much as 80 per cent of that duty came through the Port of New York, making the New York Custom House a major national financial power. That’s why Customs could build the sumptuous, Beaux-Arts masterpiece that majestically anchors the vista at the foot of Broadway. Cass Gilbert’s extraordinary monument is laced with symbols of international trade . . . — Map (db m20278) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Algonquin Hotel |
| | The Algonquin Hotel, which opened its doors in 1902, is best known as the home of the famed Round Table, a group of writers and critics who met for lunch and stimulating converstation during the 1920s. The hotel's cultural associations, nurtured by its early congenial proprietor Frank Case, have attracted generations of famous figures in literature and theater. Architect Goldwin Starrett designed the Algonquin's main twelve-story structure in brick with limestone, metal, and terra-cotta . . . — Map (db m7968) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Alwyn Court Apartments |
| | This richly ornamented apartment house, built in 1907-1909, is unique in the city. The architects, Harde & Short, took full advantage of the economies of terra cotta, a material then much in vogue. A single mold could be used time and again for casting clay blocks which were later fired and glazed. The profusion of intricate detail that covers the entire building is in the style of Francis I, the great art patron of Renaissance France. his personal symbol, a crowned salamander, is prominently displayed. — Map (db m14050) |
| New York (New York County), New York — American Merchant Marine |
| | This tablet dedicated to the memory of the men of the American Merchant Marine who gave their lives in the World War that liberty should perpetually endure. “These men rendered one of the greatest services that could have been done for our nation and civilization’s cause. Hundreds of precious lives were lost – a loss that can never be made up by their country.” Warren G. Harding Presented to the Nation by the William H. McClelland Post No. 1 U.A.W.V. (U.S. Shipping Board . . . — Map (db m20289) |
| New York (New York County), New York — American Merchant Mariners' Memorial |
| | Dedicated to all merchant mariners who have served America from the Revolutionary War through present day. In the prosecution of war and in pursuit of peaceful commerce, unrecognized thousands have lost their lives at sea. Their sacrifices have helped secure America's liberty and prosperity. The sculpture was inspired by a photograph of the victims of a submarine attack on an American merchant ship during World War II. Left to the perils of the sea, the survivors later perished.
This . . . — Map (db m9550) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Andries Rees’s Tavern — Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York |
| | ANDRIES REES’S TAVERN Location: William Street and Wall Street Dutch Name: Smit Straet Here, in 1660, Andries Rees ran a tavern serving his fellow colonists. Taverns were lively centers of social life in the Netherlands, and Dutch settlers carried the tradition across the Atlantic. Entrepreneurs like Rees sold rum and wine imported from the Caribbean and Europe, as well as locally-brewed beer. Drunkenness and tavern violence were problems in Nieuw Amsterdam. In 1663, Rees was . . . — Map (db m24113) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Asser Levy’s Home — Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York |
| | ASSER LEVY’S HOME Location: Stone Street at Mill Lane Dutch Name: Hoogh Straet (High Street) In a house on this site lived the Jewish trader and butcher Asser Levy. Possibly born in Lithuania, Levy probably came here from Amsterdam in 1654, the same year 23 other Jews fleeing Portuguese persecution arrived from Brazil. Director-General Stuyvesant and the town’s Dutch clergy wanted to expel them from the colony. But the Dutch West India Company insisted that Stuyvesant let the Jews . . . — Map (db m24119) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Balto — The Sled Dogs |
| | Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of
The Sled Dogs
that relayed antitoxins six hundred miles over rough ice across treacherous waters through arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the winter of 1925.
Endurance, Fidelity, Intelligence — Map (db m23428) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Battery Wall Discovery |
| | In spring 2006, during the South Ferry excavation in the Battery, four sections of a colonial era wall were identified by archeologists. Although each of the four sections exhibited unique features, they are all likely part of the same wall, constructed between 1730 and 1766. Differences among the sections may be due to successive periods of construction, which would account for the various building materials and construction techniques used. Sections 1 and 2 were built directly on bedrock and . . . — Map (db m20306) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Battle of Harlem Heights |
| | To commemorate the Battle of Harlem Heights, won by Washington’s troops on this site, September 16, 1776. Erected by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York. — Map (db m12665) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Battle of Harlem Heights — September 16 – 1776 |
| | In grateful remembrance of the brave soldiers of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia who under General George Washington fought and died on this site for liberty in their country’s struggle against British tyranny. Dedicated by the Daughters of the Defenders of the Republic, U.S.A. Amanda Shaw Hirsch Founder & President-General May 16, 1961 — Map (db m12682) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Beaver’s Path — Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York |
| | BEAVER’S PATH Location: Battery Place at Greenwich Street Dutch Name: Bever Straet Here, on a sandyshore, Lenape Indians beached their canoes to trade beaver and otter pelts for Dutch cloth, kettles, and metal tools. To the Lenape, this was Manahatt, a word perhaps meaning “island of many hills.” Native peoples had lived in the region for some ten thousand years. Here they camped, hunted, fished, and farmed. Their footpaths crisscrossed the island, and some . . . — Map (db m24093) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Benjamin Franklin — 1706 – 1790 |
| | Printer Patriot Philosopher Statesman Presented by Albert DeGroot to the Press and Printers of the City of New York inveiled January 17, 1872 Ernst Plassman Sculptor — Map (db m13746) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Birthplace of Eugene O'Neill |
| |
Eugene O'Neill
October 16, 1888 — November 27, 1953
America's greatest playwright was born
on this site then called Barrett House — Map (db m14192) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Black Horse Inn |
| | In 1783 the Black Horse Inn stood on this site and the Bull's Head Tavern adjoined it. Here General George Washington began his triumphal march into the city upon its evacuation by the British November 25, 1783. The Citizens Savings Bank, organized in 1860 has occupied this site since 1862 and this building was erected 1924. — Map (db m26880) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Bowling Green |
| | The first public park to be established in New York March 12, 1733 “Resolved that the Corporation will Lease a Piece of Land lying at the lower End of Broadway fronting to the Fort to some of the inhabitants of the Said Broadway in Order to be Inclosed to make a Bowling Green there of with Walks therein, for the Beauty and Ornament of the Said Street as well as for the Recreation & Delight of the Inhabitants of This City.” From the minutes of the Common Council Reconstructed 1938 — Map (db m13735) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Bowling Green / Sports Museum of America — Exploring Downtown |
| | Bowling Green This little patch of green surrounded by grand Broadway office buildings survives as New York City’s oldest public park – Bowling Green. It served as a cattle pasture and a parade ground before being designated in 1733 as a bowling green by the City’s Common Council, for the “Beauty & ornament of Broadway as well as for the Recreation & Delight of the Inhabitants of this City.” Bowling Green remains one of the few spots in Downtown that would be recognized . . . — Map (db m20258) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Bowling Green Fence — Landmarks of New York |
| | Erected by the Common Council in 1771, this fence surrounds New York’s earliest park. The park was leased in 1733 for use as a bowling green at a rental of one peppercorn a year. Patriots, who in 1776 destroyed an equestrian statue of George III which stood here, are said to have removed the crowns which capped the fence posts but the fence itself remains. — Map (db m13728) |
| New York (New York County), New York — British Soldier’s Barracks |
| | The British Army maintained a military presence in New York from 1640 to 1783. During the American Revolution, the British built barracks in this vicinity and used the land now occupied by City Hall Park for military exercises and executions. — Map (db m13737) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Broadway – Maiden Lane |
| | Broadway – Maiden Lane about 1880 --------------- Erected by the Maiden Lane Historical Society 1928 — Map (db m24103) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Brooklyn — A 20,000-Mile Religous Exodus by Ship |
| | On February 4, 1846, the ship Brooklyn sailed from Manhattan's Old Slip. Chartered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the ship carried men, women, and children to California as part of the epic movement of Mormons to the West. By coincidence, on the same day, the Mormons began their famous migration by crossing the Mississippi River from Nauvoo, Illinois, on their way across the Great Plains to the Salt Lake Valley.
The chartered ship, captained by Abel W. Richardson, was . . . — Map (db m21511) |
| New York (New York County), New York — C.F. Martin & Co. Guitars |
| | Established 1833
Christian Frederick Martin (1796-1873) established his first instrument shop on this site in the late Fall of 1833. He emigrated here with his family from the small town of Markneukirchen, Germany to form what would become C.F. Martin & Co., one of the World's most revered makers of musical instruments. Martin's innovations in acoustic guitar design—including the X-Braced Flat-Top Guitar and the Dreadnought Guitar—exerted a formative and lasting influence on American music and culture. — Map (db m23056) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Captain James Lawrence & Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow |
| | In memory of Captain James Lawrence of the United States Navy, Who fell on the 1st day of June 1813, in the 32nd year of his age, in the action between the frigates Chesapeake and Shannon. He was distinguished on various occasions, but especially when commanding the sloop of war Hornet he captured and sunk his Britanick Majesty’s sloop of war Peacock after a desperate action of fourteen minutes. His bravery in action was equaled only by his modesty in triumph, and his magnanimity to the . . . — Map (db m24486) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Cartier Building — Landmarks of New York |
| | Designed by Robert W. Gibson as the residence of Morton F. Plant, this building was constructed in 1904. Messrs. Cartier acquired it in 1917 and after modification by William Welles Bosworth, it was occupied by the firm of Cartier, founded in Paris in 1847. — Map (db m14047) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Castle Clinton |
| | This sandstone fort was built in 1811 as one of five forts erected to defend New York Harbor. The fort originally stood on a small island that was linked to Manhattan by a 200-foot wooden causeway and drawbridge. In the 1850s, landfill extended Battery Park to this point.
The D-shaped fort held 28 cannons, but never saw military action. In 1823 the U.S. Army gave Castle Clinton to New York City, which used the structure in many ways over the next century.
After is designation as a . . . — Map (db m8781) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Castle Clinton National Monument |
| | [Left plaque]:
Last of a series of forts which, from the Dutch ssettlement of 1624, guarded lower Manhattan, this structure was built by the United States in the years 1808 to 1811. It was first called "West Battery," and was one of the important defenses of New York Harbor during the War of 1812 period. Named in honor of Gov. DeWitt Clinton in 1815, in that year it was made headquarters, U.S. Third Military District. From 1816 to 1820 Gen. Winfield Scott was in command. The . . . — Map (db m8779) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Charles Scribner's Sons Building |
| | Designed by the prominent American architect Ernest Flagg (1857-1947), this building was constructed as a store and offices in 1912-13 for Charles Scribner's Sons, one of America's most prestigious publishing houses. Flagg, an exponent of French Beaux-Arts design principles, created a ten-story French-inspired, limestone-fronted building with a facade that reflects the nature of the steel skeleton frame while focusing on the elegant iron shopfront. The vaulted interior retail space was designed . . . — Map (db m14048) |
| New York (New York County), New York — City Hall to U.S.Capitol / Money Men / Nassau Changes Scale |
| | < City Hall to U.S.Capitol > City Hall New York’s second City Hall was completed 1700, using stones salvaged from the just-demolished wall after which Wall Street is named. Abraham De Peyster donated the site to the city, enhancing the value of his other lots along Wall Street. The first floor was a prison, the second held courtrooms. Just in front stood the stocks, the pillory, and the whipping post, moved up from the old “Stady Huys” (State House) on Coenties Slip in . . . — Map (db m24497) |
| New York (New York County), New York — DelMonico's Building |
| | This Renaissance Revival style building, designed by the architect James Brown Lord in 1891, is the only surviving structure associated with Delmonico's, the legendary dining establishment. Founded in 1827, it was one of the first restaurants in the United States to serve fine Continental fare and was a favorite gathering place for New York society and visiting dignitaries. The building's elaborate corner entrance has twin marble columns, reputedly brought from Pompeii by John Delmonico, that . . . — Map (db m21513) |
| New York (New York County), New York — East Coast Memorial |
| | 1941 * * * * 1945 In addition to the 4,597 American servicemen honored here who lost their lives in her service and who sleep in the American coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean The United States of America honors the 6,185 seaman of the United States Merchant Marine and the 529 seaman of the United States Army Transport Service who lost their lives during World War II Rear of Monument: 1941 * * * 1945 Erected by the United States of America in proud and grateful remembrance of her sons . . . — Map (db m20291) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Edison Underground Central Station System |
| |
1882 — 1917
In a building on this site an electric plant supplying the first Edison Underground Central Station system in this country and forming the origin of New York's present electrical system began operation on September 4, 1882 according to plans conceived and executed by
Thomas Alva Edison
To commerate an epoch-making event this tablet is erected by The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and The New York Edison Company. — Map (db m21509) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Eglise Française du St. Esprit |
| | Founded by refugee French Huguenots in New Amsterdam in 1628 and moved to this site in 1940. This plaque was dedicated by their descendants and the congregation of St. Esprit to mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the Edict of Nantes 1598 and edict of toleration upon which were based the religious liberties guarantee of the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. — Map (db m14044) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Federal Hall National Memorial — Exploring Downtown |
| | A majestic statue of George Washington stands on the front steps of Federal Hall in memory of Washington’s inauguration as the country’s first president – which happened on this spot on April 30th, 1789. The current building is named for the original Federal Hall, perhaps the most historic site in the entire country, where more than two centuries ago American democracy was born. From 1785 to 1790, New York served as the first capital of the brand-new United States of America. It was in . . . — Map (db m24256) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Firehouse Engine Company No. 33 |
| | This 1898 firehouse, designed by Ernest Flagg and W.B. Chambers, is a striking example of the French Beaux Arts style of architecture. At the time of construction it was also the headquarters of the Chief of the Fire Department. The colorful and flamboyant design of this otherwise utilitarian structure is particularly appropriate to its function. Its scarlet and gold horse-drawn engines and daring firemen were the envy and admiration of every boy. — Map (db m24424) |
| New York (New York County), New York — First Almshouse |
| | During the 1999 restoration of City Hall Park, archaeological excavations uncovered burials in this area believed to have been associated with a shelter and workhouse for the poor known as the First Almshouse (1736 – 1797), located where City Hall now stands. — Map (db m19688) |
| New York (New York County), New York — First Church on Manhattan Island |
| | 1633 The site of the first church built on Manhattan Island Evaradus Bogardus, Dominie This tablet erected by the Daughters of Holland Dames 1933 — Map (db m20238) |
| New York (New York County), New York — First Latin School of New Amsterdam |
| | The first Latin School of New Amsterdam was founded on this site in 1659 by Dr. Alexander Carolus Cursius Curtius, Lithuanian nobleman and scholar who came to the Dutch colony as Latin School Master upon the invitation of Governor Peter Stuyvesant. — Map (db m20288) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Former Aeolian Building |
| | Built in 1925-27 on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan's most prestigious commercial thoroughfare, this elegant Neo-Classical structure was designed by Warren & Wetmore, the architects of Grand Central Terminal. Clad with Indiana limestone and marble, the facades rise to a graceful setback tower distinguished by French Renaissance-style details, including urns and garlands. Awarded a gold medal by the Fifth Avenue Association, the building attracted such notable tenants as the Aeolian Company, a leading . . . — Map (db m14046) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Fort Amsterdam |
| | Adjoining this site was the first Dutch fort on Manhattan Island known as Fort Amsterdam. The first house was erected here before 1664. In 1771 Captain Archibald Kennedy built here his residence which was used in 1776 by General George Washington as his headquarters and later by General Howe during the British occupation. It was later used as a hotel. Torn down in 1882, it was replaced by the Washington Building which was transformed in 1920-21 into this building for occupancy by its owners The . . . — Map (db m20275) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Fort Amsterdam — Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York |
| | INTRODUCTION In September 1609, Henry Hudson and some 20 seamen sailed their ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), into what is today New York harbor. The Dutch East India Company expected Hudson to find a passage to Asia. Instead, his voyage allowed the Dutch to claim a territory they would call Nieuw Nederland – today parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. In 1625-26, the new Dutch West India Company established an outpost here at Manhattan’s tip . . . — Map (db m24090) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Fort Washington |
| | This memorial marks the site of Fort Washington, constructed by the Continental troops in the summer of 1776. Repossessed by the Americans upon their triumphal entry into the City of New York November 25, 1783. Erected through the generosity of James Gordon Bennett by the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, November 16, 1901. — Map (db m12670) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Fraunces Tavern |
| | After the American Revolutionary War, on December 4, 1783, General George Washington bade an emotional farewell to his officers at a banquet held in the Long Room, located on the second floor of this tavern. Samuel Fraunces, a West Indian innkeeper, was the proprietor; he later became Washington’s chief steward. Fraunces, also an American patriot, was host to secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty and gave aid to American prisoners of war. The present building, purchased by the Sons of the . . . — Map (db m13326) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District — Exploring Downtown |
| | Samuel Fraunces in 1762 named his Queen’s Head tavern after Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. His politics, however, were strictly patriotic, and his tavern hosted meetings of the radical Sons of Liberty and, later, the New York Provincial Congress. Washington’s farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War, on December 4, 1783 in the Long Room of the renamed Fraunces Tavern, made this building one of New York’s great patriotic shrines. Famous for his cooking, especially . . . — Map (db m19693) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Fraunces Tavern Tallmadge Memorial |
| | Erected in 1719 –. Chamber of Commerce founded here 1768. Washington’s Farewell to his Officers December 4th, 1783. Centennial Celebration of Washington’s Farewell 1883. Sons of the Revolution reorganized here December 4th, 1883. Building purchased and restored by the Sons of the Revolution as a memorial to Fredericks Tallmadge 1905 Ceremony attending restoration, Dec. 4th, 1907. — Map (db m13732) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Fulton Fish Waist - 142 Beekman Street — Built 1885, Remodeled 1981 |
| | One of the district's most sophisticated architectural treasures, No. 142 Beekman (also known as 211 Front Street) was designed by George B. Post—later architect of the New York Stock Exchange—for a descendent of Peter Schermerhorn. The building's cockleshell cornice, starfish tie-rod ends, and vigorously modeled terracotta keystones of fantastic fish firmly place the building in its Fulton Fish Market setting. — Map (db m21152) |
| New York (New York County), New York — General Daniel Butterfield Statue — Sakura Park |
| | Daniel Butterfield (1831-1901) was born October 31, 1831. His father John was a leader in the express mail business, and helped found the American Express Company. Butterfield graduated from Union College in 1849, and became a merchant in New York City. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he served as a colonel in the 12th New York militia. Demonstrating leadership in military engagements on the upper Potomac in the Shenandoah Valley, Butterfield rose rapidly in the ranks to . . . — Map (db m19627) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Highest Point on Manhattan |
| | The Highest Natural Point on Manhattan 265.05 feet above sea level USC & GS datum — Map (db m12889) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Historic Battery Park & Castle Clinton — Exploring Downtown |
| | From early Dutch times the tip of Manhattan was fortified with the batteries of guns from which the Battery takes its name – first at the 17th-century Fort Amsterdam on the Custom House site, then at Castle Clinton. Fort Amsterdam disappeared long ago, but its rubble survives in the layers of landfill that eventually helped create 23 acres of Battery Park, in the process filling in the water separating Castle Clinton from the mainland. Today, The Battery Conservancy is implementing its . . . — Map (db m19694) |
| New York (New York County), New York — History of the Battery |
| | This map, dated 1695, shows a wall with batteries built to the south and west of Fort George, located at the tip of Manhattan. It was likely constructed of wood and stone. Additional works were added throughout the early to mid-18th century. The final and strongest outwork is thought to have been constructed in 1766 or 1767. Called the “Grand Battery”, it was built of stone and accommodated one hundred cannon. It was from this battery that Alexander Hamilton and Captain John Lamb . . . — Map (db m20305) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Humphrey DeForest Bogart — 1899 - 1957 |
| | This site is the childhood home of
Humphrey DeForest Bogart
1899 - 1957
Mr Bogart lived at this site from the time he was born until 1923. During a film career that spanned nearly 30 years and 75 films, Mr Bogart became not only a mythical American hero but a popular cultural icon known worldwide.
"He was endowed with the greatest gift a person can have: talent. The whole world came to recognize it". . . . — Map (db m18319) |
| New York (New York County), New York — India House / British Memorial Garden in Hanover Square — Exploring Downtown |
| | India House The handsome brownstone building facing Hanover Square, built in 1853, originally housed the Hanover Bank – making this a rare surviving bank building from pre-Civil War New York. Like so many banks, it was inspired by Italian Renaissance palaces – appropriately enough, since many such palaces had themselves been built for powerful Italian banking families. The building’s varied history includes service as New York’s Cotton Exchange and the offices of W.R. Grace and . . . — Map (db m19706) |
| New York (New York County), New York — J.P. Morgan Building — Exploring Downtown — 23 Wall Street, Trowbridge & Livingston, Architects, 1913 |
| | At the corner of Wall and Broad streets, the financial crossroads of the world, sits the House of Morgan. J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr., the capitalist’s capitalist – known throughout the world of finance, sought out by presidents and potentates – helped bankroll the industrialization of America. His influence was such that, during the financial Panic of 1907, he orchestrated everything from the rescue of trust companies to the bailout of the New York Stock Exchange. In 1913, the year . . . — Map (db m24350) |
| New York (New York County), New York — James Brown House |
| | Built in 1817, this federal structure features the high gambrel roof characteristics of many small commercial buildings of the period. The brick facade is laid up in Flemish bond. The splayed lintels and double flared keystones are reminiscent of and earlier Georgian style. In the Nineteenth Century, the house was a brewery. It became a restaurant at the turn of the century, and during prohibition, it was a speakeasy, with a boarding house, brothel, and smugglers' den upstairs. — Map (db m23058) |
| New York (New York County), New York — John Ericsson |
| | The City of New York erects this statue to the memory of a citizen whose genius has contributed to the greatness of the republic and the progress of the world. ---------- April 26, 1893. ---------- On July 31, 1803, John Ericsson was Born in Langsbanshytten, Sweden Died in New York March 8, 1889 — Map (db m13851) |
| New York (New York County), New York — John Ericsson Statue — Battery Park |
| | This 1903 statue by Jonathan Scott Hartley (1845-1912) depicts the esteemed Swedish-American engineer and inventor John Ericsson (1803-1889), who helped to revolutionize military-maritime technology with his ironclad warship, the Monitor. Ericsson was born in Langbanshyttan, Sweden to a mining proprietor father, observing and developing an interest in the operations of mining machinery as a child. Ericsson displayed an early talent for engineering, building a miniature sawmill before he was . . . — Map (db m13850) |
| New York (New York County), New York — John Street Church — A United Methodist Historic Shrine |
| | The oldest continuous Methodist congregation in America, founded by Philip Embury and Barbara Heck in 1766, has served on this site since 1768. The present building, erected in 1841 and restored in 1965, is the successor to the original building erected in 1818. — Map (db m13901) |
| New York (New York County), New York — John Street Church — Heritage Trail |
| | John Street Church is the oldest Methodist Society in continental America and is the mother church of American Methodism. The Society was organized in New York in 1766 by Philip Embury, and ardent Irish Methodist and former Wesleyan preacher who settled here in the seventeen-sixties. The society rented the upper story of “The Old Rigging Loft” in 1767, a space sometimes used for rigging sails, located on the eastern side of William Street between John and Fulton streets. Embry was . . . — Map (db m19721) |
| New York (New York County), New York — John Street Methodist Church — Exploring Downtown |
| | “Philip, you must preach to us or we will all go to hell together, and God will require our blood at your hands.” With these words in 1766, Barbara Heck – who to her horror had found her formerly Methodist relatives playing cards in her kitchen – persuaded her cousin, lay preacher Philip Embury, to form the first Methodist society in North America. The congregation – organized even before the Methodists in England had separated from the Anglican Church . . . — Map (db m19717) |
| New York (New York County), New York — John Street Methodist Church — Landmarks of New York |
| | The oldest Methodist Society in America organized in 1766 by Philip Embury and Barbara Heck constructed here in 1768 Wesley Chapel, the first Methodist meeting house in America. The present church, the third on this site, was completed in 1841. Second Plaque: John Street Methodist Church was organized in 1766 by a group of Irish emigrants under the leadership of Philip Embury and his first cousin, Barbara Heck. The “Irish Palatines” as they were referred to, were descendents . . . — Map (db m19719) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Kehila Kedosha Janina |
| | Kehila Kedosha Janina was built in 1926–27 by Greek-speaking Jews from Northwestern Greece and is the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. The brick-faced facade is embellished with symbolic Hebraic ornaments, including a stone rendition of the ten commandments flanked by lions of Judah and a round stained glass window featuring the Star of David. Restored by architect Leonard Colchamiro, a descendant of one of the original founders, Kehila Kedosha Janina still functions as . . . — Map (db m26879) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Koster and Bial's Music Hall — First Projected Moving Picture |
| | Here the Motion Picture Began On the night of April 23, 1896, on this site in Koster & Bial's Music Hall Thomas A. Edison with the "Vitascope" First projected a moving picture — Map (db m13817) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Levi Parsons Morton |
| |
New York, Home of distinguished Americans
May 16, 1824—May 16, 1920
Vice President of The United States, 1889-1893
Member of Congress from New York, 1879—1881
Minister to France, 1881—1885
Governor of New York, 1895—1897
Lived in a house on this site from 1886 to 1889 — Map (db m23481) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Lexington School for the Deaf |
| | The Lexington School for the Deaf occupied a city-owned building at this site from 1880 until 1968. Today, the Lexington School for the Deaf/Center for the Deaf is located in Jackson Heights, Queens. — Map (db m14877) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Liberty Poles |
| | Here in the ancient commons of the city, where before the time of our national independence five liberty poles were successively set up, this flag pole of 1921 is placed in grateful remembrance of all lovers of our country who have died that the liberty won on these shores might be the heritage of the world. — Map (db m19687) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Lincoln Building |
| | Constructed in 1889-1890, this Romanesque Revival building is representative of an important transitional phase in the history of tall buildings. Designed by the well-known New York architect, R.H. Robertson, it is considered to be his first skyscraper. The building combines steel skeleton construction with traditional masonry bearing walls of limestone, granite and brick. It features exceptionally fine carved stone and terracotta detail. — Map (db m23474) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Lord’s Canal — Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York |
| | LORDS’ CANAL Location: Broad Street Dutch Name: Heere Gracht Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant had workmen create the Gracht, or Canal, here on the site of a small creek during the 1650s. The canal stretched from near today’s Exchange Place to the East River shore at Pearl Street. Townspeople built bridges crossing it at what are now Beaver Street, Stone Street, and Bridge Street. The canal provided security against fires, bringing a supply of water into the heart of the town. . . . — Map (db m24114) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Macy's Department Store |
| | From its humble beginnings on 14th Street, Macy's moved in 1902 to this historic site on Herald Square which became "The World's Largest Store," and the flagship for Macy's stores nationwide. — Map (db m14051) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Manhattan House |
| | The New York Life Insurance Company commissioned the architects Mayer & Whittesley and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to design Manhattan House in 1951. The building reflects the theories of Le Corbusier, the renowned 20th Century French architect. One of the first multiple dwellings to attempt "an indoor-outdoor synthesis" through the integration of large windows and projecting balconies, this distinguished white brick apartment building generated considerable media attention and in 1952 received . . . — Map (db m14043) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Manning Castle Clinton’s 28 guns |
| | Order of September 18, 1814 – “The force employed will be 2 gunners and 8 matrosses (artillerists) to each gun. To every section or chamber of 2 guns a non-commissioned officer” . . . — Map (db m20308) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Marinus Willett |
| | Born, July, 1740. Marinus Willett. Died, Aug. 1830. Officer of New York Militia 1775-78. Sheriff of New York, 1784-92. Mayor of New York 1807-08. President of Electoral College, 1824. To commemorate the gallant and patriotic act of Marinus Willett in here seizing, June 6th, 1775, from British forces the muskets with which he armed his troops. This tablet is erected by the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, New York. Nov. 1892.-------------------------Daniel Butterfield, Floyd Clarkson, . . . — Map (db m13332) |
| New York (New York County), New York — McComb Mansion |
| | Site of Second Presidential Mansion occupied by General George Washington February 23 to August 30, 1790 • • • This tablet placed by Colonial Chapter (N.Y.) Daughters of the Revolution. 1939 — Map (db m20237) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Morris-Jumel Mansion |
| | This Georgian country seat was built by Colonel Roger Morris in 1765. Colonel Morris, a Loyalist, left the house when he returned to England at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. From September 14 through October 18, 1776, the house was used as General George Washington’s headquarters during the Battle of Harlem Heights. Stephen Jumel, a wealthy Frenchman, purchased it in 1810, and after his death in 1832, Madame Jumel became the wife of Aaron Burr. In 1903, the City of New York . . . — Map (db m12680) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Morris-Jumel Mansion — Roger Morris Park, 1,524 acres |
| | Manhattan’s oldest surviving house, Morris-Jumel Mansion, is a monument to colonial grandeur. Built in 1765 as a summer retreat for British colonel Roger Morris and his American wife Mary Philipse, this house is the only survivor of a number of similar country houses built by wealthy New Yorkers. Morris, the nephew of a successful English architect, was greatly influenced by the designs of the 16th-century Itallian architect Palladio. This sophisticated residence includes a monumental portico . . . — Map (db m19682) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Nathan Hale — City Hall Park |
| | “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” This graceful, 13-foot standing bronze figure, sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937), directly faces City Hall and honors the last moments of the 21-year-old American Revolution era spy, Nathan Hale (1755-1776). Disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher, Hale attempted to infiltrate New York’s British ranks to gather intelligence on the enemy’s Long Island military installations. The young man was captured, . . . — Map (db m13847) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Netherlands Memorial |
| | On the 22nd of April 1625 the Amsterdam Chamber of the West India Company decreed the establishment of Fort Amsterdam and the creation of ten adjoining farms. The purchase of the Island of Manhattan was accomplished in 1626. Thus was laid the foundation of the City of New York. Text on North Side: In testimony of ancient and unbroken friendship this flagpole is presented to the City of New York by the Dutch people - 1926. — Map (db m13930) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Netherlands Monument — Preserving History — H.A. van den Eijnde, sculptor, 1926 |
| | This monumental flagstaff commemorates the Dutch establishment of New Amsterdam and the seventeenth century European settlement that launched the modern metropolis of New York City. Designed by Dutch sculptor H.A. van den Eijnde (1869-1939), the monument was dedicated in 1926 to mark the tercentenary of Dutch occupation, and the purchase of the island of Manhattan from Native Americans. On the north and south faces of the granite pedestal are carved a plan of New Amsterdam and its fort, as well . . . — Map (db m13927) |
| New York (New York County), New York — New York Korean War Veterans Memorial — Battery Park |
| | This monument in Battery Park north of Castle Clinton, honors military personnel who served in the Korean Conflict (1950-1953). The memorial, dedicated in 1991, was designed by Welsh-born artist Mac Adams (b. 1943) and is notable as one of the first Korean War memorials erected in the United States.
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel, the dividing line between North and South Korea, and invaded South Korea. Within a month, the North . . . — Map (db m9816) |
| New York (New York County), New York — New York Public Library |
| | The New York Public Library has been designated a Registered National historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 20 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. — Map (db m14848) |
| New York (New York County), New York — New York State Society of the Cincinnati — 1783 1957 |
| | Erected by the New York State Society of the Cincinnati To the Memory of Alexander Hamilton 1757 - 1804 Lieutenant Colonel Aide de Camp to Gen. WashingtonAnd Those Other Officers of the Continental Army & Navy Original Members of the Society Whose Remains are Interred in the Churchyards of Trinity Parish * * * Richard Montgomery • Major-General Cont Army • Silas Talbot Captain Cont Navy • John Lamb Colonel - Second Artillery • . . . — Map (db m24498) |
| New York (New York County), New York — New York Stock Exchange — Exploring Downtown |
| | The Dow Jones averages, bulls and bears, the great crash of 1929, the bull market of the 1980s and 1990s – here is the beating heart of the world’s financial markets, housed in grand neoclassical style at the corner of Wall and Broad streets. Brokers have been trading shares on Wall Street since 1792, when they started meeting informally under a buttonwood tree on the sidewalk outside 68 Wall. In 1903, their descendants, operating as the New York Stock Exchange, built this new home. The . . . — Map (db m24268) |
| New York (New York County), New York — New York Unearthed / The Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seton — Exploring Downtown |
| | New York Unearthed The underground chambers of “New York Unearthed,” a museum operated by the South Street Seaport Museum, display the remarkable extent of archaeological finds in New York. These range from the surprisingly old-3,000-year-old pottery shards-to the rather new-1950s lunch counter artifacts. In between sit the castoffs of three centuries of city dwellers: Delft tiles and clay pipes from the Dutch, tenement medicine bottles from 19th-century immigrants, and . . . — Map (db m19715) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Ninth Regiment New York State |
| | 1799—1908 Ninth Regiment N.Y.S.M.
83rd New York Volunteers
The headquarters were located here and the organization marched away in defence of the Union-850 strong May 27, 1861-after a service of 3 years in the Army of the Potomac. The return "Home from the War" was with 17 officers and 78 enlisted men on June 11, 1864. It had taken part in 28 battles. Viz: Bull Run (1862), South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold . . . — Map (db m23475) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Ohio Company of Associates |
| | On this site the United States in Congress Assembled on the 13th day of July in the year of Our Lord 1787 and of their sovereignty and independence the twelfth enacted an ordinance for the government of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, by which it was dedicated forever to freedom under another ordinance passed here by the same body on the 27th day of the same month. Manasser Cutler acting for the Ohio Company of Associates, an organization of soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, . . . — Map (db m13337) |
| New York (New York County), New York — Old Grolier Club |
| | This building is the property of the Kiamie family. it was built in the Romanesque style, designed in 1890 by Charles W. Romeyn, as a home for the Grolier Club. It provides a fine illustration of how an imaginative architect could compose a highly original design from historical architectural elements. Within the confines of a narrow lot, the unusual arrangement of door and window openings and of arches and columns creates a dramatic effect. — Map (db m19762) |
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