232 Front Street

also 234 Front Street | Financial District | built 1816

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

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1816
Grocer Gershom Smith, a former tavern keeper on the lot, builds 232-234 Front Street
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In 1816 Gershom Smith, a grocer, had this broad double building put up under a single street number. Smith had earlier occupied a different building on the same lot, where he ran a tavern. The structure was altered heavily over the years, and its three plain brick upper stories sit above a cast-iron ground floor with rosette-decorated lintel.
“This broad double building was erected under a single street number in 1816 for Gershom Smith, a grocer, who had previously occupied another building on the site as a tavern keeper.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1891
In 1891 the building at 232-234 Front Street works as a hoist-served horse stable
By 1891 the building at 232-234 Front Street was serving as a stable. Carriages were kept on the ground floor, while the horses were lifted by hoist up to the second floor. Fodder was stored on the third floor. A few years later, in 1897, the building's original peaked roof was lowered.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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