130 Beekman Street
also 227 Water Street | Financial District | built 1900
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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1798
Sailmaker Augustus Wright builds the Water Street building that becomes a Beekman Street corner
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The building at 227 Water Street went up in 1798 for Augustus Wright, a sailmaker, and was first numbered 229 Water Street. It sat mid-block until 1824, when Beekman Street was cut through to the river and turned it into a corner property. The Landmarks Preservation Commission reads the early date from the Water Street side, where the stone window lintels are splayed in the older style.
“It was erected as 229 Water Street for Augustus Wright, a sailmaker, and did not become a corner site until Beekman Street was cut through here in 1824.”
- 1916
A 1916 photograph records the building's lost arched ground floor
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Decades of alterations have hidden how old this building is. A 1916 photograph of the ground floor shows an arched brick doorway with a double keystone, tied to arched windows by brownstone impost blocks, details that have since been modernized away. Upstairs, the splayed lintels on the Water Street side contrast with the square-ended ones on the Beekman Street side, which date from 1824.
“A 1916 photograph of the ground floor shows a brick arched doorway with a double keystone and arched windows connected to the doorway by brownstone impost blocks…”
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