274 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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1867
A three-story building at 274 Water Street is replaced by one half of a twin warehouse in 1867
The lot at 274 Water Street was originally occupied by a single three-story structure, next to two similar buildings at No. 272. In 1867 a five-story warehouse was built here as a twin to the new warehouse at No. 272. This entry describes the earlier building on the lot.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1867
The 1867 warehouse at 274 Water Street keeps its modillioned cornice and a bluestone and Belgian-block sidewalk
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Unlike its twin at No. 272, this Italianate warehouse still has its simple modillioned metal roof cornice. The sidewalk in front is paved with bluestone flagging and Belgian block. Demolition of the neighboring building at No. 276 exposed the brick north wall of No. 274.
“The simple modillioned metal roof cornice remains only at No. 274. The sidewalk in front of No. 274 consists of bluestone flagging and Belgian block.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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