225 Front Street

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1822
Builder William W. Berwick erects 225 Front Street for merchant Peter Schermerhorn
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Peter Schermerhorn, a prominent New York merchant, owned 225 Front Street, which was put up in 1822 by William W. Berwick. Berwick built in New York between 1819 and 1845, and he also erected buildings for the Schermerhorn family elsewhere in the city. The building had three stories, and the original Flemish-bond brickwork of the second and third floors survives.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1873
A fourth story is added and the peaked roof is lowered
In 1873 the three-story building at 225 Front Street was raised to four stories, and its peaked roof was lowered at the same time. The report spots the addition in the unusually wide gap between the third and fourth floors. A dentilled brick cornice from the 1870s finishes the new story.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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