American Hotel, Peabody & Co. and Residence of Philip Hone on Broadway - 1831
Illustration shows the old American Hotel on Broadway at Barclay Street, facing City Hall Park. Drawn by J. H. Dakin and engraved by Barnard & Dick. Published in June 1831 in Views in the City of New-York and Its Environs by Peabody & Co., London. Source: Eno collection of New York City views, New York Public Library.
The residence of Philip Hone (1780-1851) is on the right at 235 Broadway. He was Mayor of New York City from 1826 to 1827.
The Peabody & Co. occupied this store at 233 Broadway in June 4, 1831, when the company advertised the Views in the City of New-York and Its Environs in the Evening Post.
The artist and architect James Harrison Dakin (1806-1852) was born in New York and designed important buildings from 1832 to 1852 in the the Greek, Gothic, and Egyptian revival styles. He moved to New Orleans in 1835.
The American Hotel at 229 Broadway, on the northwest corner of Barclay Street, opened in 1825. It was then considered one of the city's most elegant hotels. The building on the right, at 233 Broadway, was also part of the American Hotel from about 1830 to about 1852. The American Hotel building was destroyed by fire on April 6, 1866.
The building on the opposite corner of Barclay St. (left) was built by Richard Harrison. This and the other houses on the same block fronting Broadway were bought by John Jacob Astor. The Astor House was completed on the site in 1836.
The block between Barclay Street and Park Place is now occupied by the Woolworth Building, completed in 1913, the highest building in the world for about 17 years.
Buildings on Broadway between Barclay Street and Park Place. They were razed for the Woolworth Building - 1910.
The double three story house with attic built by Abijah Hammond, seen from the Park about 1824. It was adapted to become the American Hotel, in 1825. Fragment of a large engraving.
Barclay St.
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