Drexel Building, Wall Street and Broad Street - 1873
The brand new Drexel Building on the southeast corner of Wall Street and Broad Street. Photograph published as stereograph card (Stereographs of New York City - New Series 1873-4). Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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The Drexel, Morgan & Co. acquired the property by March 1872 or before. The old buildings (see photo on the right) were demolished in 1872 to make way for the Drexel Building, completed about April 1873.
The Drexel Morgan & Co. was succeeded by J.P.Morgan & Co. in 1895. The building was demolished before 1914 to make way for the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company Building, at 23 Wall Street.
Mechanics' Bank.
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Drexel Building, Wall Street and Broad Street - 1873
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