252 Front Street

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1771
Captain Joseph Rose buys the water lot whose eastern end is now 252 Front Street
In 1771 Captain Joseph Rose bought a water lot whose western end held his own house at 273 Water Street. When landfill reached the eastern end, he had a storehouse built there for his wharf. That storehouse stood on the lot where 252 Front Street is now.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1802
A three-story building replaces Captain Rose's wharf storehouse at 252 Front Street
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In 1801-02 the storehouse Joseph Rose had built for his wharf was replaced by a three-story building. The landmarks report states that part of it certainly survives inside today's five-story structure. Many early features have been altered, but Flemish bond brickwork and the original splayed stone window lintels remain at the second and third floors.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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