1922

Manhattan: State Street - Whitehall Street

1 to 8 State Street (right to left) at, adjoining and west of the N.W. corner of Whitehall Street, showing prominently the House for Irish Immigrant Girls. (Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary) at No. 7. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. No 7 State Street 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 Gov't. 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.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection