Buildings in Lower Manhattan - 1895
High view of buildings on Broadway, Lower Manhattan. Trinity
Church (left), the American Surety Building (finishing construction), the United
States Bank Building, the Union Trust Company Building, the
Manhattan Life Building (right), and the
Consolidated Exchange Building. Only two buildings still stand today: Trinity
Church and the American Surety Building, that incorporates Greek elements such
as the Ionic
entrance colonnade and the classical sculptural figures.
Photograph by John S. Johnston, copyright 1895. Source: New-York Historical Society / Metropolitan New York Library Council.
An earlier photo (copyright April 18, 1895) by the same photographer, with the American Surety Building under construction.
United Bank Building, corner Wall Street - 1910.
Buildings in Lower Manhattan - 1895
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