The Blue School

241 Water Street | also 243 Water Street | Financial District | built 1989

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

1799
Wood frame houses are built on the 237-241 Water Street lot
In 1799 a group of wood frame houses was erected on the lot at 237-241 Water Street. They predate the two-story brick warehouse that occupies the lot today.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1800
Peter Schermerhorn runs his ship chandlery at 243 Water Street
In 1800 the lot at 243 Water Street belonged to Peter Schermerhorn, who ran a ship chandlery there until sometime after his death in 1826. The earlier building on this lot was put up as the northern half of a pair with No. 241, and a narrow street-level passageway served both.
“In 1800 this site was owned by Peter Schermerhorn and occupied by his ship chandlery, which remained here until sometime after Schermerhorn's death in 1826.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1941
The much older No. 241 is cut down to two stories and refaced in 1941
When the Landmarks Preservation Commission described this lot, it held a two-story brick warehouse. Part of it was an earlier building at 241 Water Street, much older than the rest, which had been lowered to two stories and given a new facade in 1941. That building was later replaced by new construction.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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