Broadway and City Hospital - 1848
Buildings on the west side Broadway, from numbers 315 to 327, between Duane Street (to the left) and Anthony Street (to the right, now Worth Street). Note: numbers from corner to corner are 303 (at Duane St.) and 333 (at Anthony St.). Illustration copyrighted 1848, published in the Jones & Newman's Pictorial Directory of New York. Source: New York Public Library.
The old City Hospital was originally built in the 1770s, on a site that blocked Thomas Street from reaching Broadway. In 1868, it included a rich library, with about eight thousand volumes. In 1869, the site was leased for building purposes and the Hospital was removed to Bloomingdale in the same year. Thomas Street was extended through the hospital grounds.
The building at 315 Broadway housed the Berard & Mondon, publishers of foreign books. The building at 321-327 Broadway housed Seaman & Muir, J.W. Tracy carpeting (323), F. Woodworth porcelaine & fancy goods (325), and Middleton & Ryckman ladies shoes. Few years later, this building housed the Singer's Sewing Machines offices.
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East side Broadway in the same section.
Jones & Newman's Pictorial Directory.
[Present Thomas Street]
Broadway and City Hospital - 1848
Published in Jones & Newman's Pictorial Directory.
