108 South Street

Financial District | built 1819

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1819

    Merchant Ebenezer Stevens owns one of six new stores built on South Street in 1818-19

    This building belongs to a row of six stores put up in 1818 and 1819 along the South Street waterfront. Ebenezer Stevens owned the three at numbers 108 to 110, and Peter Schermerhorn owned the three at 111 to 113. The same two men also owned the buildings at 220-226 Front Street.

    “This row of six buildings, constructed In 1818-19, was owned by Ebenezer Stevens (Nos. 108-110) and by Peter Schermerhorn (Nos. 111-113)…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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