205 Front Street

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1800
The shipping firm Jenkins & Havens occupies 205 Front Street by 1800
The Landmarks Preservation Commission found that 205 Front Street was standing by 1800, when the prominent shipping firm Jenkins & Havens occupied it. That is the earliest tenant record the commission could find.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1883
About 1883 a gunpowder and sporting goods dealer advertises at 205 Front Street with a giant firecracker
A photograph taken around 1883 shows the ground floor of 205 Front Street housing the firm of William P. Howell, which sold gunpowder and sports equipment. Signs and an oversized firecracker announced the business. The same photograph shows a three-sided bay window at the south end of the storefront and the original six-over-six window sash above.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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