247 Water Street

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1837
Coppersmith Samuel Thompson gets a Greek Revival warehouse at 247-249 Water Street
The warehouse at 247-249 Water Street went up in 1837 to house the coppersmith Samuel Thompson. It stood beside the Hendricks Brothers copper warehouse built a year earlier at No. 245, which put two metalworking firms side by side on this stretch of Water Street. Few changes have been made to its brick upper stories, so the report calls it a typical commercial building of the 1830s.
“This very handsome Greek Revival warehouse was built a year later, in 1837, to house the coppersmith, Samuel Thompson.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1884
Metal tie rods are fitted in 1884 to correct a bulge in the facade
The front of 247-249 Water Street swells slightly because the building settled at each end. In 1884 metal tie rods were added to correct the problem. The bulge is still easy to see, and diamond-shaped tie-rod plates on the third and fourth floors mark where the floors meet the brick wall.
“The facade has a slight swell due to settlement at each end of the building. This condition was corrected in 1884 with metal tie rods…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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