Jonas Wood House
25 Harrison Street | Tribeca | built 1804
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1795
Jonas Wood, a farmer, buys a Trinity Church lot on Washington Street for $395
In 1795 Jonas Wood, who described himself as a farmer, bought a building lot on Washington Street from Trinity Church for $395. The land lay on the old Annetje Jans farm, which Queen Anne had granted to Trinity in 1705 and which was later leased to a brewery. The 1804 city directory lists Wood living at the address, so the commission concluded his house went up in 1803-1804.
- 1804
Wood's house at 314 Washington Street is finished as an early Federal town house
Jonas Wood's house at 314 Washington Street was done by 1804, built in a very early Federal style that still followed the Georgian tradition. It is brick laid in Flemish bond, with splayed lintels topped by double keystones, and its roof, dormers, and cornice remain original. The ground floor has been completely altered, though lintel blocks from the original entrance survive under a later canopy. The commission called it a rare survivor of its period.
“The masonry is of Flemish bond brickwork and the window lintels are splayed, with handsome double keystones; the roof, the dormers and the cornice are original…”
- 1969
The city landmarks Wood's house, planning to move and restore it with eight neighbors
On May 13, 1969, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the 314 Washington Street house. Its report noted that Washington Market's commercial growth had left only a handful of original town houses. The commission expected the house to be moved and restored as part of a group of nine, preserving the domestic scale of the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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