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The James Watson House, at 7 State Street between Pearl and Water Streets in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1793 and extended in 1806, and is now the rectory of the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. [3] It is located near the southern tip of Manhattan Island, across from Battery Park.
The church is located next to the James Watson House, a New York City landmark [9] which is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1793 and extended in 1806, [9] the eastern portion is the work of an unknown architect, and the western half is attributed to John McComb, Jr. [1] In 1975, the house became the Rectory of ...
One of the row of stately town houses lining the Battery on State Street was the James Watson House, built in 1793 at 7 State Street, which was 6 State Street at the time. The mansions had unobstructed views of New York Harbor. [4] [2]: 30 The Watson House is the last remaining house on the street from that era. [5] [6]
63 Nassau Street is a landmark building located on Nassau Street between Maiden Lane and John Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in the Italianate style c.1844, and had its cast-iron facade, attributed to James Bogardus , added in 1857-59, making it one of the first cast-iron buildings in the city.
Watson moved to New York City in 1786 and became a merchant at 44 Broad Street. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1791, 1794–1796 and was Speaker in 1794. He was a member of the New York State Senate (Southern District) from 1796 to 1798 and was a Regent of New York University from 1795 until his death. [1]
The original headquarters of The New York Times, then the New-York Daily Times, was located at 113 Nassau Street. In 1854, the paper moved to 138 Nassau Street, and in 1858 it moved to 41 Park Row, making it the first newspaper in New York City to have an entire building solely for its own work force. [2]
Watson House (Lockport, New York), listed on the NRHP; James Watson House, New York, New York, listed on the NRHP; Watson House, Columbia University, New York City; Elkanah Watson House, Port Kent, New York, listed on the NRHP; H. C. Watson House, Rockingham, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP; John Watson House (Warrenton, North Carolina ...
Brasserie Les Halles was a French-brasserie-style restaurant located on 15 John Street (between Broadway & Nassau Street; in the Financial District) in Manhattan, New York City. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Previous locations were on Park Avenue South in Manhattan, in Tokyo , Miami, and Washington, D.C. Author and television host Anthony Bourdain was the ...