269 Water Street
Financial District | built 1950
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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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- 1752
William Walton, owner of the 1752 Pearl Street mansion, keeps a wharf and boat house on this site
In the 18th century William Walton, who owned the outstanding 1752 mansion on Pearl Street, kept his wharf and boat house on the lot at 269 Water Street. After Water Street was filled in, his nephew Abraham Walton later kept a house and shop at the spot. A warehouse on the site in the 1800s was home to the plumbing firm of Thomas Dusenbery.
“In the 18th century, William Walton, who owned the outstanding mansion of 1752 on Pearl Street, had his wharf and boat house on this site.”
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