203 Front Street

also 207 Front Street | Financial District | built 1983

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

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1815
Grocer Peter G. Hart has 203 Front Street built in 1814-15
The Landmarks Preservation Commission report dates 203 Front Street to 1814-15, when it was built for Peter G. Hart, a grocer. His family's estate still owned it in 1882, when it was merged with its neighbor at 204. During the building's later restoration, workers found several tooled brownstone quoin blocks from the 1815 facade, and today the combined building houses the South Street Seaport Museum's administration offices.
“In 1814-15, No. 203 was built for Peter G. Hart, a grocer.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1821
After a fire and a street regrade in 1821, Peter Hart protests that the street now sits above his shop entrance
A serious fire in 1821 destroyed every frame building on the east side of this block of Front Street, but the brick stores at 203 and 204 survived. The city also regraded the street that year, raising it above the original ground-floor doors of the two stores. Peter Hart and his neighbor objected, and the Common Council told them it would serve them well to raise their stores to the new level.
“In 1821, a serious fire destroyed all of the frame buildings on the east side of Front Street In this block…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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