26 Water Street

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1828
Merchants Holmes and Remsen build a group of three commercial buildings
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In 1828 the merchants Obadiah Holmes and Edward Remsen built a group of three commercial buildings on Water Street, of which this is one. The date of the first building on the lot is unknown. Around 1790 Cornelius C. Roosevelt had transferred the lot to his brother Elbert.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1897
A fifth story and yellow-brick facing are added, and the lower floors are redone in 1920
In 1897 the building received a fifth story with a modillioned cornice, and its three upper stories were faced with yellow brick. In 1920 the two lower stories were altered to their present neo-Federal look, with round-arched second-floor openings and small-paned sash. Today the building forms part of the Fraunces Tavern complex.
“In 1897 a fifth story with modillioned cornice was added, and the three upper stories were faced with yellow brick.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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