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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDD6_american-merchant-marine_New-York-NY.html
This tablet dedicatedto the memory of the men of theAmerican Merchant Marinewho gave their lives in the World War that liberty should perpetually endure."These men rendered one of the greatest services that could have been done for our nation and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDD5_first-latin-school-of-new-amsterdam_New-York-NY.html
The first Latin School of New Amsterdam was founded on this site in 1659 by Dr. Alexander Carolus Cursius Curtius, Lithuanian nobleman and scholar who came to the Dutch colony as Latin School Master upon the invitation of Governor Peter Stuyvesant.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDCY_stone-street-historic-district-and-colonial-new-york-street-plan_New-York-NY.html
Stone Street Historic DistrictThe cluster of buildings along winding Stone, South William, and Pearl Streets and Coenties Alley forms one of Downtown's last oases of early 19th-century New York.
Stone Street's stores and lofts were built for dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDCX_alexander-hamilton-u-s-custom-house-national-museum-of-the-american-indian_New-York-NY.html
Before the income tax was invented, the duty levied on imported goods financed almost the entire cost of America's federal government - and as much as 80 per cent of that duty came through the Port of New York, making the New York Custom House a m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDCU_fort-amsterdam_New-York-NY.html
Adjoining this site was the first Dutch fort on Manhattan Island known as Fort Amsterdam. The first house was erected here before 1664. In 1771 Captain Archibald Kennedy built here his residence which was used in 1776 by General George Washington …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDCD_bowling-green-sports-museum-of-america_New-York-NY.html
Bowling Green
This little patch of green surrounded by grand Broadway office buildings survives as New York City's oldest public park - Bowling Green. It served as a cattle pasture and a parade ground before being designated in 1733 as a bowlin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBX_st-pauls-chapel_New-York-NY.html
Manhattan's only pre-Revolutionary church building has a remarkable history stretching from George Washington's inauguration to the attack of September 11th. Built in the 1760s, on what was then the outskirts of town, St. Paul's originally served …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBU_first-church-on-manhattan-island_New-York-NY.html
1633The site of thefirst church built onManhattan IslandEvaradus Bogardus, Dominie
This tablet erected by theDaughters of Holland Dames1933
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBT_mccomb-mansion_New-York-NY.html
Site of Second Presidential Mansionoccupied byGeneral George WashingtonFebruary 23 to August 30, 1790· · · This tablet placed by Colonial Chapter (N.Y.)Daughters of the Revolution. 1939
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9D_the-brooklyn-bridge_New-York-NY.html
The Brooklyn Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time it was built, was the first to span the East River. Designed and constructed by John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge spans 3,461 feet and rises…