207 Front Street

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1797
A grocer and cooper, Benjamin Stratton Jr., has his house and shop on the site of 207 Front Street by 1797
The Landmarks Preservation Commission reports that an early building stood on this site by 1797 and was used as both home and store by Benjamin Stratton Jr., who worked as a grocer and cooper. This 18th-century building was later demolished. By 1816 it had been replaced with the four-story brick building that stands at 207 Front Street today.
“An early building on this site was erected by 1797 and was used as the house and shop of Benjamin Stratton, Jr., a grocer and cooper.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1816
Grocers and merchants Jonathan and Joseph Coddington are the first occupants of the new building at 207 Front Street
The four-story building at 207 Front Street was standing by 1816, replacing an older house and shop. Its first occupants were Jonathan and Joseph Coddington, grocers and merchants. The ground floor was altered in 1901, but the three upper stories keep their Flemish-bond brickwork and stone window trim, and the building has a peaked roof.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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