Related Historical Markers

By Larry Gertner, 1997

The wayside vicinity

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Financial District — New York Unearthed / The Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seton — Heritage Trails New York — Reported permanently removed

New York is a city of straight lines – it’s the very rare building that curves. The rectory of the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Seton occupies one of them: the elegant house built in 1793 for one James Watson, with an 1806 addition whose portico curves . . . — — Map (db m242678) HM

2 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Financial District — The Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seton — Exploring Downtown Manhattan — Reported permanently removed

New York is a city of straight lines – it’s the very rare building that curves. The rectory of the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Seton occupies one of them: the elegant house built in 1793 for one James Watson, with an 1806 addition whose portico curves . . . — — Map (db m242718) HM

3 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Financial District — Watson House / Our Lady of the Rosary Church and the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton — Exploring Lower Manhattan —

Watson House 7 State Street, Designed by John McComb, Jr., 1793. Built for James Watson and his wife, Mary, the Federalist row house at 7 State Street was part of a residential district lined with fine brick townhouses belonging mostly to . . . — — Map (db m242483) HM