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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E6N_george-clinton_New-York-NY.html
New York Home of Distinguished American George ClintonJuly 26 1739 - April 20, 1812Vice President of The United States 1805 - 12Governor of New York 1777 - 95, 1801 - 04Occupied as Governor's Mansion a house on this site from 1784 to 1791. George …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10XV_bank-of-new-york-and-trust-company-building_New-York-NY.html
This dignified Neo-Georgian skyscraper was constructed in 1927-29 to the designs of prominent architect Benjamin Wister Morris for the Bank of New York & Trust Company. Much earlier in 1796 The New York Bank & Trust Company was the first bank to e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VT_army-docks_Middletown-NJ.html
The first wharf built here was used to bring in granite blocks for the Fort at Sandy Hook. Later, cannon to be tested at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground were received here. In the 1890s barges arrived carrying the materials to build Fort Hancock. To…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VS_40-wall-street_New-York-NY.html
Built in 1929-30 as the Manhattan Company Building, this pictureseque 927 foot tall skyscraper was planned as the world's tallest building. Crowned by a pyramidal roof and French Gothic spire, it remains an imposing presence on the lower Manhattan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUB_let-freedom-ring_New-York-NY.html
This plaque is dedicated to the memory of the innocent victims of the September 11, 2001 attack on America and to the heroic men and women of the Fire Department of the City of New York, the New York City Police Department, the Port Authority Poli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVT4_new-york-stock-exchange_New-York-NY.html
This central market place for the purchase and sale of securities was founded in 1792 by merchants who met daily beneath a buttonwood tree that grew nearby. Completed in 1903 from designs by George B. Post, sculptors of Pediment Group were J.Q.A. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVSL_equitable-building_New-York-NY.html
Vast, looming and dark by comparison to all previous skyscrapers, on completion the Equitable Building could claim the title of, if not the tallest, then certainly the largest office building in the world.
Successful life insurance companies li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRL0_first-precinct-police-station_New-York-NY.html
Downtown's East River shipping history still resonates in the names of half a dozen streets called slips - originally inlets carved into the island, where ships were tied up at either side to unload merchandise. Eventually filled in and paved, Ol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKG_site-of-the-wall-of-new-amsterdam_New-York-NY.html
In 1653 the City of New Amsterdam erected a wall along the northern edge of town to protect the inhabitants from attack. This wall, five to six feet high, was constructed of heavy planks laid horizontally, and ran from the Hudson River to the East…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHH6_the-american-institute-of-architects_New-York-NY.html
The American Institute of Architects was founded on this site February 23, 1857 by thirteen architects of ideals and vision. Throughout the years its members have contributed to the advancement of architecture and have encouraged the development o…