245 Water Street

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1835
Fire destroys the small building on the 245 Water Street lot
A fire in 1835 destroyed the small building that stood on the lot at 245 Water Street. A Greek Revival warehouse took its place in 1836. That warehouse has a ground floor of five large granite piers with simple Tuscan capitals, holding up the brick front above a wide granite lintel.
“This Greek Revival warehouse was erected in 1836, after the small building on the site had been destroyed by fire in 1835.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1836
Hendricks Brothers, the copper firm, gets a new warehouse at 245 Water Street
The warehouse built here in 1836 housed the copper firm of Hendricks Brothers, founded by sons of Harmon Hendricks. His copper had sheathed the first transatlantic steamship, the Savannah, and Robert Fulton's steamboats. The four upper stories were rebuilt later and are now painted, and the ornate metal cornice is a late 19th-century alteration.
“…copper firm of Hendricks Brothers, founded by the sons of Harmon Hendricks, who had supplied the copper sheathing for the hull of the Savannah…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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