Melville Library

208 Front Street | also 133 Beekman Street, 217 Water Street, 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.

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

1750
The site of 133 Beekman Street is a Livingston family water lot in 1750
In 1750 the ground at 133 Beekman Street, which runs through to Front and Water Streets, was a water lot belonging to the Livingston family. Eight older buildings occupied the filled land until 1914. These earlier buildings on the lot were cleared when the present loft building replaced them.
“In 1750, this site was a water lot owned by the Livingston family. Eight early buildings stood on this landfill site until 1914.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1914
James Laher builds a three-story yellow brick loft building for Ruth Livingston
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The architect James Laher put up this loft building in 1914 for Ruth Livingston, replacing the eight older buildings on the lot. It spans the whole block from Water Street to Front Street. Wide three-part windows sit between full-height pilasters with sheet-metal capitals, and a sheet-metal cornice juts out along the top.
“…in 1914. James Laher built this yellow brick loft building for Ruth Livingston. Three stories high, the building extends the whole length of the block…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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