State Street - 1848
Buildings on the east side of State Street, between Bridge Street (to the right) and Bowling Green Row. The beginning of Broadway is to the left. The Battery Park is to the west side of State Street. Illustration copyrighted 1848, published in the Jones & Newman's Pictorial Directory of New York. Source: New York Public Library.
State Street is a short street in the southern Manhattan tip. It runs west from Whitehall Street as a continuation of Water Street, then turns north at Battery Park to become its eastern border. In the 18th century, it was known as Copsey Street after the old Native American village, which had been located nearby. In the 1790s, it was renamed after the Government House or State House, built on the site of the buildings shown above. Today, this site is occupied by the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House, erected from 1902 and 1907.
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State Street is on the right, following Broadway.
Broadway followed by State Street.
The west view from State Street as published in the same work.
State Street - 1848
Bowling Green Row
