265 Water Street

Financial District | built 1872

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 1872

    William Treadwell builds an eight-story cracker bakery at 265 Water Street

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    In 1872 architect Charles Miltain designed a cracker bakery here for William Treadwell. At eight stories it towers over the lower, older Water Street warehouses around it. The upper floors keep a full set of iron shutters at the windows, and a modillioned cornice crowns the brick facade.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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