Museum of the City of New York

City Hall Park and American Museum - about 1825

Watercolor by Arthur Joseph Stansbury circa 1825. City Hall Park from the northwest corner of Broadway and Chambers Street, looking east. Source: Museum of the City of New York.

The American Museum building was the former Alms House. The center building was the jail. The City Hall is on the right. Continue below...

◄ City Hall Park in 19th Century

The Park was enclosed by a iron railing, built in 1818 and 1821, replacing the old fence built in 1785.

Behind the American Museum is the Rotunda, built in 1818, inspired by the Pantheon in Rome and designed to display Vanderlyn's panorama The Palace and Gardens of Versailles.

The Liberty Pole in the Fields, now City Hall Park.

City Hall

City Hall Park and American Museum - about 1825