#MapMondays! Map of Wall Street in 1822 listing building owners and uses. Closer to Broad and William Streets, #Banks can be seen slowly moving in, but surprisingly many small businesses operate alongside the residents. Closer to the #EastRiver merchants traded and imported goods such as sugar, rum, molasses, salt, ginger, cocoa, and coffee from the West Indies; the region's farms exported flour, butter, and barrels of pickled meat. Goods arriving in New York were often registered at coffee houses, including Wall Street's Tontine Coffee House, pictured on the map above. The first bank established in New York City was the Bank of New York, Founded by #AlexanderHamilton on the corner of Wall & William in 1784. The New York Stock Exchange's routes can be traced back to 1792, with the signing of the #ButtonwoodAgreement outside of the #TontineCoffeeHouse at 68 Wall Street. Trading of commodities such as wheat and tobacco or non-governmental securities such as #BankofNewYork shares had been traded among auctioneers and brokers in informal places like the Coffee House. In 1817 the organization named itself the New York Stock & Exchange Board and rented space at 40 Wall Street. In 1835 the Stock Exchange was destroyed in the Great Fire of New York (see our previous post on the fire) and relocated into a temporary space until its new headquarters (seen above) was built in 1863 at 10-12 Broad Street. Swipe to view the entire map. #wallstreet #mapmonday #nyse #bofny #nychistory #cartography #broadstreet (at Wall Street Historic District)
