Custom house

Title
Custom house
LC Subject
Streets Harbors Skyscrapers
Description
In 1812 the city sold the site of Old Fort Amsterdam, later occupied by the "government house" built when it seemed that the capital would be located here, and later still by the city's custom house, to private persons for $300,000. In 1900 the U. S. Government bought back this same site for $3,000,000 and built upon it the present custom house. This building facing Bowling Green at the foot of Broadway, occupies the entire block between Whitehall and State Street. It is a carved granite structure, the finest of its kind in the world. It is ornamented with stately Doric colonnades. The great commercial nations are represented by the figures on the cornice in the following order: Greece and Rome; Phoenicia; Genoa; Venice and Spain; Holland and Portugal; Scandinavia; Germany; France and England.
Work Type
lantern slides
Location
New York >> New York >> United States
Date
1900/1920
Identifier
P217:17:10
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 29 - New York City
Institution
Oregon State University
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