New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
tus street, as delincated on map annexed

tus street as deIineated on map annexed
%. Tha. the claimants to the burying ground
release TO the corporation their interest N thu
land so laid out for a street and also OF all
land to the south OF said street. ard ths corr
poration will release 70 said claimants al snsts
interest IN land north Of the said strest-
II To compensate he claimants for TIE az
ference IN extent OF lands conveyed By thsrz
and those conveyed TO them By the coTpo-atons
the corporation viii convey 70 them lands
bounded southeast by Augustus street. SOUTH
by the street to be opened (ChambsTsl. norths
west By the negroes burial ground. and north
east by land OF Janeway. and also certain Iots
on southeast side OF Augustus street.
Agreed to-"
II was some years sfteS the Rsvotutior tnAs
this land was improved According 70 . nap
OF the locality OF the year mentioned. ths DE-
scendants OF David Provost. Mayor OF tbs city
In I699-1TOO. owned the three buildings next To
the corner OF Chambers-st-. the only ones on
the block. On the southeast corner OF Rsade+
st. q temporary one story structurs stood until
the erection OF Washington Hall on tts sits IN
1872 From an architectural point OF view this
building was one OF the handsOmest In the
city. 1t was erected under the auspices Of tho
Washington Benevolent Society, who were the
Fedsralists Of that day. and was the Federal
headquarters at about the time that old Tam
many nan was DuiAE Ey tAo OPpOSALAOA haANyf
The political problems OF the young city were
thrnshed out within It's walls. and many exciting
scenes OF the period antedating the last war
with Great Britain occurred In ITS assembly
hall In 1S2S It was altered and repaired BY
Chester Bailey, OF Philadelphia. to servs as a
hotel. but was III adapted for the purpose. and
finally IN 1S4S It became the property Of A 1.
Stewart. who erected on its site the present
marble building. which was the pioneer OF that
class OF structures on Broadway. He grad
uaIly added to the territory and building he
possessed. until store OF astonishing size for
that day covered the entire block from Cham
bers-st. to Reade-st and 200 feet back from
Broadway. 1t became the whOlesaIs house after
its owner purchased his at that time uptown
property. and its Of late days is well known
to the reader.
The pioneer drygoods merchant first began
business on the west side OF Broadway
directly opposite the present Stewart Build
ing. This block was first improved by Williarl
Alexander, who in 1896 erected a handsOns resi-
dence on the corner Of Reade-st With tbs ex-
ception OF three story brick house which stood
IN the middle Of the block the other structures
were OF wood In one Of these. with its gable
end to the street. A T. Stewart established two
stores. each about twelve feet wide. and started
on his road to fortune. Its owner was Anthony
Steenbach. a brewer.
The west side OF Broadway from Chambers to
Duane-st. first improved. II the term may
be used. by the erection OF brewery on the cor
OF the latter street 1t continued IN exist
encs until Duane-st. was improved IN the mid
die OF the last century, and from its term or
existence. which antedated the Revolution. was
known as the Old Brewery. Between Reads and
Duane SITS. stood a pottery. erected late In lfUV'
and belonging 70 an alderman OF the city. who
afterward sold the site 70 Isaac Lawrence on
1t the latter built a row OF brick buildings. some
OF which stood as relics OF the past until lass
year.
The first drygoods store above St Paurs
Church was opened on the corner Of Broad
way and Chamoers-st.. IN row OK small one
story buildings built ground purchase1
by Steenbach. the brewer. mentioned above
who was said have been venturesoms
real estate operator OF that day. The buildings
fronted on Chambers-st. and their erection vas
considered risky undertaking by those IN inc
know" but the descendants Of the brewer prof.
tied by his investment. in 1880 the ground
alone brought nearly ten times the amount on
the purchase price. A well known and popu-
lar resort in the days OF the youthful city stood
on the corner OF Reade-st., Palno's Cafe us
owner afterward forsook his occupation TO erecs
an opera house in Chaubers-st-. which lztsr De-
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