Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan)

Wall Street Historic District
Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan) is located in Lower Manhattan
Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan)
Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan) is located in New York
Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan)
Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan) is located in the United States
Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan)
LocationRoughly bounded by Cedar St. and Maiden Ln., Pearl St., Bridge and S. William St., and Greenwich St. and Trinity Pl., New York, New York
Area63 acres (25 ha)
Architectmultiple
Architectural styleSkyscraper, Classical Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.07000063[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 2007

The Wall Street Historic District in New York City includes part of Wall Street and parts of nearby streets in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan. It includes 65 contributing buildings and one contributing structure over a 63-acre (25 ha) listed area.[1]

The historic district's street plan originated in the colonial era. It "reflects medieval European town patterns rather than the standard grid found throughout much of Manhattan, and together with the district's towering skyscrapers it creates the narrow 'canyons' for which the area is so famous."[2]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Wall Street Historic District, Trust for Architectural Easements (accessed October 22, 2016).