303 Canal Street

also 303A Canal Street, 303B Canal Street | SoHo | built 1808

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

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1808
Thomas Duggan's Federal house goes up at 303 Canal Street
A three-story brick Federal house was completed at 303 Canal Street around 1808 for its first owner, Thomas Duggan. On the block between Broadway and Mercer Street it is the oldest building, and the district designation report points to the striking contrast of styles there. Its neighbors include the Arnold Constable store of 1856-62 and a marble building of 1863.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1808
Trinity Church and private owners cede land for Canal Street the year No. 303 is built
Construction of Canal Street began after Trinity Church and private landowners ceded parts of their property to the city in 1808, the year given for the house at No. 303. The street, first proposed in 1796, was laid out partly along an irregular ditch running from the Collect Pond to the Hudson. A canal in the form of an open ditch was built in 1811, and by 1819 it was close to being converted into a covered sewer.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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