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The New York Custom House had occupied several sites in Lower Manhattan before the Alexander Hamilton Custom House was built. [7] [76] The first such house was established in 1790 at South William Street. [79] The custom house moved to the Government House on the site of Fort Amsterdam in 1799.
[6]: 16 In 1907 it moved into a new building, now called the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, built on the site where Government House sat earlier, on the south side of Bowling Green. [ 6 ] : 8 The Customs Service signed a long-term lease with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at Six World Trade Center in 1970, [ 7 ] and moved ...
The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, is a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York City. [1] The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution.
Four Continents is the collective name of four sculptures by Daniel Chester French, installed outside the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green in Manhattan, New York City. [1] French performed the commissions with associate Adolph A. Weinman. [2]
The Hamilton family moved into the house in August 1802. [45] Known as the Grange, the estate was named after the estate of Hamilton's grandfather in Scotland. [61] [62] [63] [e] Hamilton acquired another parcel from Bradhurst in January 1803, bringing his total acquisition to 32 acres (13 ha). [44] [45] [f] The house was the only residence ...
The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, site of the George Gustav Heye Center. George Gustav Heye (1874–1957) traveled throughout North and South America collecting native objects. His collection was assembled over 54 years, beginning in 1903. He started the Museum of the American Indian and his Heye Foundation in 1916.
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The Custom House, 1799–1815. Alexander Hamilton inspired the Customs Administration Act, passed by Congress on March 2, 1799, “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.” [16] On May 1, 1799, the building was converted for use as the Custom House in New York. [17] The Custom House had previously been at S. William ...