1912

Manhattan: State Street - Whitehall Street

7 State Street, north side, between Whitehall and Pearl Streets, showing the Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary, and the Home for Irish Immigrant Girls. This building was erected prior to 1800 and came into the possession of Moses Rogers about that time. William Bayard owned same subsequently. For a short while it was the property of Robert P. Getty, who became the first Mayor of Yonkers. Other occupants were, A. Gardener, and G. Howland (in 1830) after which it was used by the Federal Government during the Civil War for military purposes. The Pilot Commission were the last occupants prior to the purchase by the present tenants in 1885. A legend infers that the low brick addition back of the Mission is the oldest slave building left. A descriptive account will be found in the column "About New York" by Meyer Berger. This appeared in the New York Times of April 22, 1940. About 1912 H. N. Tiemann, photo Gift of Urbrock Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection