The Tontine Coffee House, served as a key meeting place for traders, brokers, and various social classes. Funded by a tontine investment plan, it became a central hub for business dealings, auctions, and even political demonstrations, marking its significance in financial history.

It survived the Great Fire of 1835 and was demolished in the spring of 1855 to make way for a larger Tontine coffee house.

The building later became a tavern (1826), hotel (1832), and was eventually demolished in 1905.

The building with the American flag is the Tontine Coffee House. Diagonally opposite (southeast corner, extreme right) is the Merchant's Coffee House, where the stockbrokers of the Buttonwood Agreement and others traded before the construction of the Tontine. On the right is Wall Street, leading down to the East River.

Engraved The Picture of New-York, and Stranger's Guide to the Commercial Metropolis of the United States; p. 452A. T. Goodrich (Publisher)A. J. Stansbury (Artist)M. I. Danforth (Engraver)