240 Front Street

also 29 Peck Slip | Financial District | built 1900

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

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1852
Provisioner Harris Stone builds 240 Front Street, later sold to flour merchants
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Built in 1851-52, 240 Front Street was first assessed to the provisioner Harris Stone, whose trade was common along this block. It was tied at the rear to 29 Peck Slip, which Stone had erected at the same time. In 1857 the flour merchants Jones & Rowland acquired the building. Its cast-iron storefront still has small cartouches on the columns bearing the street number.
“Erected in 1851-52, this building was first assessed to Harris Stone, one of the many provisioners along this block. In 1857, Jones & Rowland, flour merchants, acquired the building.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1852
An 1852 atlas shows a smokehouse behind Harris Stone's buildings by Peck Slip
The 1852 Perris-Browne atlas depicts a smokehouse running the full width of the rear of 29 Peck Slip, the building tied to 240 Front Street and built for the provisioner Harris Stone. The Landmarks Preservation Commission suggests it was probably where meats were prepared for long transatlantic voyages.
“The 1852 Perris-Browne Atlas shows a full-width smokehouse at the rear of No. 29. This was probably the place where meats were prepared for long transatlantic voyages.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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