204 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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1799
Philetus Havens and merchant Thomas Carpenter have 204 Front Street built in 1799
According to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, 204 Front Street went up in 1799 for Philetus Havens and the merchant Thomas Carpenter. That makes it fifteen years older than its neighbor at 203, which was built for the grocer Peter Hart in 1814-15. Both buildings survived the 1821 fire that swept the frame buildings on this block of Front Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1882
In 1882 the buildings at 203 and 204 Front Street are joined as a hotel leased to William Wainwright
In 1882 architect Theobald Engelhardt joined 203 and 204 Front Street into one hotel with a new brick facade and taller granite piers at the ground floor. William Wainwright leased it and listed his occupation in 1883-84 simply as liquors. A photograph taken soon after the remodeling shows a sign on number 204 that may have read Wainwright's Hotel.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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