30 Wall Street

United States Assay Office; Verplanck mansion; Bank of the United States; Bank of the State of New York; Seamen's Bank for Savings

Description

Today the first two floors are now used for various different types of corporate and private events.

Demolished, 1822

The land occupied by 30 Wall Street was originally the site of the Verplanck mansion until the property was sold to the Bank of the United States in 1822 when the Samuel Verplanck Mansion was demolished.

Constructed, 1824

The Assay Office Building was designed and built by Martin E. Thompson in 1824 as the New York branch of the Bank of the United States.

Closed, 1837

The Branch Bank of the United States operated in the location until the branch closure in 1837. Later, the building was used by the Bank of the State of New York

Acquired, 1853

The building functioned as the U.S. Assay Office. The building was sold to the United States government to be used as an assay office, at which the gold from California or elsewhere may be assayed.

Moved, 1912

U.S. Assay Office moved out. The original building was showing serious structural problems and outgrowing its usefulness. Before the scheduled demolition, the Georgian facade was carefully stripped away from the building and later re-purposed as the entrance for the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Saved from destruction by I. N. Phelps Stokes, who paid to have it dismantled and Robert de Forest, President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Saved, 1915

Renovation work began on a new three-story limestone structure, which still stands today, to become the new United States Assay Office.

Recovered, 1924

The facade was re-erected as part of the facade of the museum's American Wing.

Acquired, 1953

Seamen's Bank for Savings acquired the building and added a tower that rises to 12-stories. A utilitarian 12-story addition was added onto the top of the restrained Italian Renaissance style former United States Assay Office in the 1950s. Note the very finely sculpted frieze running beneath the cornice of the first story, as well as the graceful iron-work. ^[1]

Sold, 1986

The building was later sold again in 1986. Today the first two floors are now used for various different types of corporate and private events.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art-The stone facade of this building, the oldest on Wall Street is now in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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1953

1953 - Acquired

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1953 - Acquired - Images

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1915 - Saved

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1912 - Moved

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Showing the old United States Assay Office Building under demolition

1853 - Acquired

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Assay Office, 30 Wall Street

Wall Street in 1883

1822 - Demolished

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1822 - Demolished - Drawings and documents

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Wall Street in New York City, 1789, showing Federall Hall (the remodeled Old City Hall for New York City) and the Samuel Verplanck Mansion at 30 Wall Street, demolished 1822.

1859 - Federal Hall and the Verplanck mansion (the site of the present Custom House and Assay Office)

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