Wall Street Makes The National Register

From The New York Times, 03/06/07

The Wall Street Historic District, comprising part or all of 36 blocks in Lower Manhattan, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, an honorary designation that makes property owners within the district eligible for certain federal tax benefits and historic preservation grants. Representatives Jerrold L. Nadler and Charles B. Rangel, Manhattan Democrats, announced the designation in a news conference yesterday at the Federal Hall National Memorial, along with [Building Conservation adjunct professor] Ruth L. Pierpont, director of the New York State Historic Preservation Office, and Steven McClain, president of the National Architectural Trust. The historic district is bounded by Liberty Street and Maiden Lane on the north, Bridge and South William Streets on the south, Greenwich Street on the west and Pearl Street on the east. It contains 65 historic buildings and sites, of which 21 had been previously listed individually on the national register and 29 had been designated landmarks by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Buildings that now fall under all three of those designations include the New York Stock Exchange, the American Bank Note Company Building, the Equitable Building, Trinity Church, Federal Hall and the United States Custom House facing Bowling Green. SEWELL CHAN