1 Hanover Square

Building in Manhattan, New York Hanover Bank Building February 2021 New York Cotton Exchange nhl 1 Hanover Square 001.JPG 300 The building's Hanover Square facade 1 Hanover SquareManhattan, New York, US yes 40 42 16.5 N 74 00 35.0 W inline,title yes yes center 300 300 14 shape #f44 Q1859121 1 Hanover Square 40 42 16.5 N 74 00 35 W less than one acre 1851–1854 unknown Renaissance December 22, 1977 January 7, 1972 72001586 indcp Stone Street Historic District 99001330 November 12, 1999 yes New York State Register of Historic Places June 23, 1980Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation November 7, 2014 https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ July 20, 2023 April 4, 2019 http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ live 06101.000369 New York City Landmark December 21, 1965 0042 One Hanover (formerly known as India House, Hanover Bank Building, and New York Cotton Exchange Building) is a commercial building at 1 Hanover Square in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York, US. It was the site of the country's first cotton futures exchange, the New York Cotton Exchange. 2022, One Hanover is owned by SomeraRoad Inc., which uses the building as its headquarters. One Hanover is composed of four originally separate structures. The main structure is a three-story brownstone building designed in the Italian Renaissance style and completed in 1854. The brownstone contains the building's main entrance facing Hanover Square. Adjoining the brownstone are three brick structures at 60–64 Stone Street, which date to 1836 and were built as commercial stores. The brick buildings are four stories tall but are the same height as the brownstone. Inside are maritime-themed spaces that are used by Harry's Bar, Ulysses Folk House, and the India House club. The brownstone initially served as the headquarters of the Hanover Bank, while other commercial tenants occupied the brick buildings. The New York Cotton Exchange, founded in 1870, occupied the building from 1872 to 1885. The building subsequently served as the headquarters of W.R. Grace and Company until the early 1910s. In 1914, the structures were purchased by the India House, a private club for gentlemen involved in foreign commerce, which continues to occupy the building. Over the years, various architects have made renovations to One Hanover Square, with the three Stone Street stores being gradually combined with the brownstone structure between the 1870s and 1910s. Restaurants have also been housed in various portions of One Hanover Square throughout its history. SomeraRoad bought the building in 2022 and renovated it into an office building the next year. One Hanover's design, especially in regard to its later use as the India House clubhouse, has received critical acclaim. The building was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) in 1965, was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1972, and became a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It is a contributing property to the Stone Street Historic District, which was designated by the LPC in 1996 and by the NRHP in 1999. 1 Hanover Square has been depicted in works of popular culture, including the 2001 film Kate & Leopold. Site One Hanover is in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, New York, US. It occupies the northeastern side of a block bounded by Stone Street to the northwest, Hanover Square and William Street to the northeast, Pearl Street to the southeast, and Coenties Slip to the southwest.NYCityMap http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/ March 20, 2020 NYC.gov New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications June 29, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220629203401/http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/ live The building carries the alternate addresses 2 Hanover Square, 60–66 Stone Street, and 95–105 Pearl Street.Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996 . 25 (PDF p. 29) 1 Hanover Square contains frontage of 72 ft 0 on Hanover Square, 123 ft 0 on Stone Street, and 114 ft 0 on Pearl Street.February 1, 1915 Hanover Square Office Building on Famous Site 2 Wall Street Journal newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71443796/ live February 20, 2021 0099-9660 https://web.archive.org/web/20220919193025/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71443796/hanover-square-office-building-on/ 19 September 2022 The building is near 1 William Street to the northwest and the British Garden at Hanover Square to the northeast. The site was historically part of New Amsterdam, a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement in modern-day Lower Manhattan; the building's site was acquired by Richard Smith in the 1640s.Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996 . 3 (PDF p. 7) By the next decade, the southern portion of the lot was sold to Evert Duyckingh (also "Duyckinck"), who developed a house on the site.Sutphin 1997 . II.21 to II.22 (PDF p. 65–66) The northern portion was given to Abraham Martens Clock, who also developed a house on his site; after 1673, town official Nicholas Bayard bought the western end of Clock's land and built a house there.Sutphin 1997 . II.23 (PDF p. 67) There were numerous buildings on the site by 1812, occupied by various dwellings and businesses. These structures were all destroyed in the Great Fire of 1835, which leveled a large portion of the neighborhood.Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996 . 7 (PDF p. 11) Architecture One Hanover is composed of four formerly separate buildings. The main structure, completed in 1851, is a three-story masonry structure atop a raised basement, built out of brownstone in the Italian Renaissance style.National Park Service 1972 . 216 Although Lower Manhattan formerly contained many Italianate commercial structures, 1 Hanover Square is the only remaining such structure. The building extends southwest to 60–64 Stone Street (also known as 95–101 Pearl Street), a set of Greek Revival commercial structures completed in 1836. These three structures are made of brick and are four stories tall.Dunlap David W. May 5, 1996 Jump-Starting a Historic District The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/05/realestate/jump-starting-a-historic-district.html February 18, 2021 0362-4331 August 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210817152037/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/05/realestate/jump-starting-a-historic-district.html liveThe three additional brick structures, from northeast to southwest, are labeled: 64 Stone Street (front), 101 Pearl Street (rear) 62 Stone Street (front), 99 Pearl Street (rear) 60 Stone Street (front), 95-97 Pearl Street (rear) The additional commercial structures are the same height as the main brownstone structure.National Park Service 1977 . 2 The architects for all of these structures are not known, although Richard F. Carman may have been involved in the design of the brownstone.Rosenberg Zoe January 15, 2015 Mapping New York City's First 38 Landmarks https://ny.curbed.com/maps/mapping-new-york-citys-first-38-landmarks February 20, 2021 Curbed NY September 15, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200915122852/https://ny.curbed.com/maps/mapping-new-york-citys-first-38-landmarks deadShopsin W.C. https://books.google.com/books?id=hSJUAAAAMAAJ The Villard Houses: Life Story of a Landmark Broderick M.G. Hitchcock H.R. Gill B. Viking Press 1980 978-0-670-74685-9 Studio book 47 The lot comprising One Hanover was formerly six separate parts. Each of the four-story brick structures at 60, 62, and 64 Stone Street comprise one part extending the depth of the block to 95–97, 99, and 101 Pearl Street respectively. The main structure is composed of a three-story brownstone section on Hanover Square, a three-story brick section on 66 Stone Street, and a three-story brownstone section on 103 Pearl Street.Sutphin 1997 . II.21 (PDF p. 65) All of the constituent structures occupy the same land lot.National Park Service 1999 . 4 The building as a whole is roughly rectangular but has longer frontage on Pearl and Stone Streets. One Hanover serves as the headquarters of the SomeraRoad Inc. and contains restaurant and bar space. While the building has had numerous occupants in its history, it was particularly known for being the first headquarters of the New York Cotton Exchange, founded in 1870. The exchange was the second cotton futures exchange in the world behind the International Cotton Association, as well as the first such exchange in the United States.National Park Service 1977 . 3 Facade thumb|The main brownstone structure, on Hanover Square, is eight bays wide. The main brownstone structure has its primary frontage on Hanover Square.National Park Service 1972 2; National Park Service 1977 . 2 There are eight vertical bays facing Hanover Square, of which the center two contain the main entrance.Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996 . 27 (PDF p. 31) The Pearl and Stone Street facades incorporate the additional structures at 60–64 Stone Street. The Pearl Street facade contains four brownstone bays, similar to those on Hanover Square, as well as eleven brick-clad bays. The Stone Street facade has two brownstone bays and twelve brick bays.National Park Service 1999 . 5The facade at 95-97 Pearl Street has five bays, while 99 and 101 Pearl Street each have three. The facades at 60, 62, and 64 Stone Street all contain three bays each. There is a flat roof atop the brownstone structure and slightly sloped roofs atop the brick structures. The brownstone structure sits atop a slightly raised basement with rectangular sash windows and a facade of rusticated brownstone blocks. The Hanover Square facade is set behind a recessed area with an iron railing. One stair on each side of the main entrance leads down to the recessed area and the basement. The main entrance is through a brownstone stoop leading up from the street to double doors. The covered entrance portico is flanked by two Corinthian-style columns on either side and is topped by a balustrade.National Park Service 1972 2–3; National Park Service 1977 5; National Park Service 1999 . 4December 21, 1965 India House http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0042.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20200921135220/https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0042.pdf September 21, 2020 February 6, 2021 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission live The tall windows on the first floor are each flanked by paneled pilasters, which are topped by console brackets that support segmentally arched pediments. Second-floor windows are smaller, set beneath gabled pediments. The third floor windows are smaller still, with simpler rectangular surrounds. The facade is crowned by a cornice supported by modillions; it was once topped by a parapet with a balustrade.National Park Service 1972 2; National Park Service 1977 2; National Park Service 1999 . 4–5 The brick sections are largely four stories tall. The three easternmost bays at 66 Stone Street are three stories tall, similar to the main brownstone section. Along the brick sections of the building, the first story on both sides contains stone piers supporting a stone lintel. The upper stories contain rectangular windows with granite piers and lintels. Numerous alterations have been made to the first-story facades on either side, and there are various types of windows on the upper stories. There are ornate iron fire escapes on both sides of the building's brick sections. In addition, an iron basement hatch is at 95–97 Pearl Street, and there is a stoop leading to the basement at 99 Pearl Street. Interior Basement and first floor thumb|First-floor plan Inside the main entrance is a vestibule measuring 10 by 12 ft. A set of doors leads to a hallway, which connected to the former India House library on the right and the India House's lobby, waiting area, reception area, and coat room on the left. At the end of the hall is a central stairway that splits into two perpendicular flights. The first floor contained the onetime trading floor of the Cotton Exchange, which extended 65 by 75 ft across nearly the whole footprint of the brownstone.May 5, 1872 The New Cotton Exchange.; Opening of the New Building Its Appearance, Cost, &c. Address of the President en-US 7 The New York Times limited https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/05/05/78778467.pdf live February 20, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220919194317/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/05/05/78778467.pdf 19 September 2022May 6, 1872 12 New-York Tribune https://www.proquest.com/docview/572473042 Opening of the New Cotton Exchange subscription February 20, 2021 572473042 The brick structures to the west contain offices, bars, and dining areas.. National Park Service 1977 5–6 Ulysses' Folk House is within the ground floor space at 95 Pearl Street and the adjacent 53 Pearl Street.Dumais Eliza Ulysses Folk House https://www.thrillist.com/venues/eat/new-york/restaurants/ulysses-folk-house 2021-02-22 Thrillist October 5, 2017 en August 12, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200812163438/https://www.thrillist.com/venues/eat/new-york/restaurants/ulysses-folk-house live In Harry's Steakhouse and Restaurant, which occupies the building's basement, were murals with images of drunken monks making wine.Kassenaar Lisa February 14, 2006 Son of Harry's Founder To Reopen Wall Street Watering Hole https://www.nysun.com/business/son-of-harrys-founder-to-reopen-wall-street/27572/ February 21, 2021 The New York Sun In 2022, the first floor was converted into an amenity area and office lobby. There is a reception counter made of marble and wood, as well as a lounge with mid-20th-century seating, a wood-burning fireplace, a bar, and suspended gold fixtures. Also on the first floor are meeting rooms with glass panels and wooden pocket doors, as well as a larger conference space. The central staircase retains its original dark-wood design. Upper stories The upper floors of the main structure contain plaster walls, as well as several fireplaces with wood or marble mantelpieces. The second floor includes three dining rooms arranged around an opening that overlooks the hallway on the first floor. The third floor includes four dining rooms.National Park Service 1977 . 5 The westernmost structure at 60 Stone Street contains a ballroom, the Marine Room, on its upper floor. The Marine Room was built in 1924 to designs by W. A. Delano and is connected to the second-floor landing of the building's central stairway. The room is decorated with shells, fish, and seahorses atop its columns and frieze; it is also lit by lamps shaped like shells and spheres. On the third floor, there is a wooden model of the merchant vessel Gladiator under an oval skylight.Diehl Lorraine B. June 22, 2002 Secret City 26 New York Daily News newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71403991/secret-city/ live February 18, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20220919194840/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71403991/secret-city/ 19 September 2022 By the early 21st century, the interior included nautical decoration and Oriental art.645 The maritime decorations included paintings, engravings, and models of ships. Among the maritime artifacts were a pair of cannons flanking the first-floor staircase banisters and a bell from the luxury ship SS Leviathan. During a 2022 renovation, the second-floor Marine Room's architectural detailing was restored. History Early history Development and initial occupants In 1836, the year after the Great Fire, the 60–66 Stone Street and 95–105 Pearl Street lots were redeveloped with four-story brick commercial structures.Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996 . 26 (PDF p. 30) Some of the occupants of the buildings by 1839 included merchant Edward Gould, hardware vendor F. T. Luqueer, and three or more dry-goods companies. The lots on 105 Pearl Street and 66 Stone Street, facing Hanover Square, were combined by 1851. Richard F. Carman sold the Hanover Square lots for $25,000 to Hanover Bank (later Manufacturers Hanover Corporation),October 6, 1914 India House to Revive Old Commercial Traditions: Will Give Impetus to the World Trade to Be Developed Through United States Channels 2 Wall Street Journal newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71703927/ live February 21, 2021 0099-9660 https://web.archive.org/web/20220919194943/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71703927/india-house-to-revive-old-commercial/ 19 September 2022 a bank that had been incorporated that year.. National Park Service 1972 4King 1892 . 674 The three-story brownstone for Hanover Bank was developed at 1 Hanover Square and completed by 1854.. National Park Service 1977 7The 1972 National Park Service report gives the construction date as 1852–1853. However, the 1977 NPS report and the 1996 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission report give the date as 1851–1854. The four-story brick facade at 66 Stone Street was reconfigured so its fenestration, or window arrangement, matched that of the brownstone. The Hanover Bank did not extend into any of the commercial structures at 95–101 Pearl Street or 60–64 Stone Street, nor did it initially occupy 103 Pearl Street. Maps indicate that two additional brownstone bays at 103 Pearl Street were added sometime between 1862 and 1879 to designs by an unidentified architect. In addition, early prints show that the structure resembled a pair of brownstone townhouses with two entrance stoops.Gray Christopher June 30, 2002 Streetscapes/India House, at 1 Hanover Square; A Club Created With the Theme of World Commerce en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/30/realestate/streetscapes-india-house-1-hanover-square-club-created-with-theme-world-commerce.html live February 20, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20211118035234/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/30/realestate/streetscapes-india-house-1-hanover-square-club-created-with-theme-world-commerce.html 18 November 2021 According to the India House club, part of 1 Hanover Square was also occupied by Robert L. Maitland, while an 1869 directory listed Meadows T. Nicholson & Son as another occupant of the brownstone. The Hanover Bank moved to Nassau and Pine Streets in 1872Sutphin 1997 . II.24 (PDF p. 68) or 1877.Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996 . 6 (PDF p. 10) Sometime before its relocation, the Hanover Bank had sold the building to Maitland. New York Cotton Exchange thumb|1 Hanover Square when it was occupied by the New York Cotton Exchange The New York Cotton Exchange, founded in 1870,King 1892 . 747 was initially housed in rented quarters nearby at 142 Pearl Street.McDougall 1923 . 21 The Cotton acquired the building from Maitland in February 1871 at a cost of $115,000. To accommodate the exchange, the building was renovated starting in June 1871. The architect Ebenezer L. Roberts reconfigured the interior and added the present main doorway with a clock face and a "Cotton Exchange" name identification sign. In addition, a dome was installed atop the roof. The Cotton Exchange quarters were officially opened on May 4, 1872; the exchange occupied the first floor and rented out sixteen offices on the other two floors.McDougall 1923 . 22 According to an exchange history, "the transactions increased rapidly in size and importance" after the relocation. The Cotton Exchange's space was extended into the commercial building at 64 Stone Street/101 Pearl Street in 1876.Sutphin 1997 . II.22 (PDF p. 66) A 16-year-old errand boy was killed the next year after falling from the top floor to the basement.1877-08-11 A Boy Accidentally Killed en-US The New York Times limited https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1877/08/11/80656433.pdf 8 2021-04-23 0362-4331 April 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425191149/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1877/08/11/80656433.pdf live The Third Avenue elevated train line on Pearl Street opened in 1878,August 26, 1878 Rapid Transit on the Bowery.; Opening of the East Side Elevated Railroad to-day Time-table and Fares en-US 8 The New York Times limited https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/08/26/80726551.pdf live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20210911204651/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/08/26/80726551.pdf 11 September 2021Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996 . 9 (PDF p. 13) overshadowing 1 Hanover Square.April 27, 1951 India House, With 'El' Torn Down, Basks in New-Found Sun and Quiet; Square Not Primped Up Now 25 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/04/27/89793976.pdf February 21, 2021 0362-4331 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161412/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/04/27/89793976.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false live By the end of the decade, the Cotton Exchange decided to expand its quarters. Finding it impossible to purchase the brick rowhouses adjoining 1 Hanover Square, the exchange decided instead to look for sites for a new structure.McDougall 1923 . 24 The Cotton Exchange ultimately built a new headquarters on an adjacent block bounded by Hanover Square, Beaver Street, and William Street.McDougall 1923 . 25–26 The Cotton Exchange officially moved to its new building on April 30, 1885. W. R. Grace and Company One Hanover became the headquarters of W. R. Grace and Company. Shortly after W. R. Grace and Company had moved to the building, Julius Kastner designed and constructed the fire escapes on Stone and Pearl Streets. By the 1890s, images show the sign above the entrance was changed to "Old Cotton Exchange". George Ehret acquired the brownstone structure and adjacent brick structures in three separate transactions in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1899, 1 Hanover Square was merged with the commercial building at 62 Stone Street/99 Pearl Street, which previously had been owned by the estate of Manley B. Boardman. At the beginning of the 20th century, One Hanover contained a Haitian consulate and the Stuetzle Brothers liquor sellers. Sometime between 1899 and 1914, the final brick commercial building at 60 Stone Street/95–97 Pearl Street was combined with 1 Hanover Square. W. R. Grace and Company had moved out by 1912 or 1913, opening a new headquarters on the block immediately to the southeast.January 18, 1917 Ehret Sells India House; Washington Man Buys Property;- Organization Has a Long Lease en-US 4 The New York Times limited https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/01/18/102310742.pdf February 20, 2021 0362-4331 April 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425191132/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/01/18/102310742.pdf live India House thumb|Seen in 1934; the Third Avenue Elevated is in the foreground The India House, a private club for gentlemen involved in foreign commerce, was founded by James A. Farrell and Willard Straight in July 1914. It was so named because, at the time, merchants of the Western world were focused on trade with the Far East.McKinley Jesse December 10, 1995 F.Y.I. en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/10/nyregion/fyi-099821.html live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20150526142929/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/10/nyregion/fyi-099821.html 26 May 2015 Over the years, its members came to include politicians such as U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. secretary of commerce Harry Hopkins; U.S. treasury secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr.; U.S. secretaries of state George C. Marshall, James F. Byrnes and Cyrus Vance; New York governor W. Averell Harriman; U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; and mayors John P. O'Brien and William Adams Delano. 1910s to 1960s During mid-1914, India House obtained a ten-year lease on 1 Hanover Square and an option to buy it.February 16, 1921 India House to Buy Straight Building; Justice Ford Grants Permission to Importers to Raise $650,000 for Purchase. en-US 27 The New York Times limited https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/02/16/103546500.pdf live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220405193628/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/02/16/103546500.pdf 5 April 2022 George Ehret renovated the structure, removing the parapet atop the brownstone and adding a light-colored coating to the facade.Sutphin 1997 . II.23 to II.24 (PDF p. 67–68) In addition, maritime artifacts were moved to the clubhouse. The collection included ship models and Chinese art donated by Straight, as well as models, engravings, and paintings of ships donated by Farrell.History http://indiahouse.nyc/dsp_about-history.cfm February 21, 2021 India House December 24, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201224155427/http://indiahouse.nyc/dsp_about-history.cfm live The club moved into the building on November 16, 1914.November 17, 1914 Foreign Commerce Shows Rapid Gain 6 New-York Tribune https://www.proquest.com/docview/575341081 subscription February 21, 2021 575341081 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161415/https://www.proquest.com/docview/575341081 liveNovember 17, 1914 India House, New Club, Opens 7 The Sun newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71704645/india-house-new-club-opens/ February 21, 2021 August 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210817152038/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71704645/india-house-new-club-opens/ live In 1915, plans were filed with the Manhattan Bureau of Buildings for a 20-story office building on the site. The filing was a preparatory measure rather than an indication that the site was to be redeveloped. January 30, 1915 Plans for Hanover Square Building https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_055&page=ldpd_7031148_055_00000466&no=1 The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 95 188 columbia.edu 2446 The building was sold in January 1917 for $750,000,January 20, 1917 Buys 'India House' https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/pdf_files/ldpd_7031148_059_3.pdf The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 99 84–85 columbia.edu 2459 February 21, 2021 April 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425191135/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/pdf_files/ldpd_7031148_059_3.pdf liveJanuary 18, 1917 India House in Hanover Sq. Sold 13 New York Herald newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71445553/india-house-in-hanover-sq-sold/ February 19, 2021 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161417/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71445553/india-house-in-hanover-sq-sold/ live with J. Reuben Clark reported as the buyer.February 17, 1917 Club Acquires India House 3 The Sun newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71446068/club-acquires-india-house/ February 19, 2021 1 Hanover Square was subsequently bought by Straight in 1918, and his widow Dorothy Payne Whitney continued to hold the property after his death the same year.January 5, 1921 Willard D. Straight Estate Dwindles; Cornell May Suffer 1 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71709097/willard-d-straight-estate-dwindles/ February 21, 2021 In 1921, India House Inc. decided to purchase 1 Hanover Square for $650,000.February 16, 1921 India House May Buy Quarters for $650,000 17 New-York Tribune newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11218946/whitney-straight-sale-of-india-house/ live February 21, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20220919195701/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11218946/whitney-straight-sale-of-india-house/ 19 September 2022 William Adams Delano and Chester Holmes Aldrich further renovated 1 Hanover Square between 1924 and 1925. During this renovation, a skylighted third-floor meeting room was added with nautical decoration. As part of the renovation, the basement and cellar were also altered or expanded. The building's basement restaurant was damaged in a 1925 fire; engine crews had gotten confused while simultaneously trying to fight another fire across the street.August 23, 1925 Fire in India House Damages Restaurant 9 New York Herald Tribune https://www.proquest.com/docview/1112936398/ subscription February 21, 2021 1112936398 The club installed soundproofing in the building's dining rooms in 1937.August 29, 1937 India House Bars Noise; Old Dining Rooms Improved to Exclude Street Sounds en-US 163 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/08/29/512917742.pdf February 21, 2021 0362-4331 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161432/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/08/29/512917742.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false live The Third Avenue Elevated was closed in 1950 and subsequently removed.Parke Richard H. December 23, 1950 Old 'El' Link End Its 72-Year Uproar — Lower East Side Residents Are Happy and Mission Head Now Expects to Sleep 30 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/23/87087452.pdf February 21, 2021 0362-4331 July 17, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220717010553/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/23/87087452.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false live The line's demolition allowed both greater sunlight and quieter meetings; according to the India Club's president, the passing trains were loud and had shaken the foundations of the building. In 1951, shortly after the elevated line's removal, the India House club decided to renovate the exterior of 1 Hanover Square to plans by Nicholson & Galloway.September 1, 1951 Seeing What's Needed to Fix Up India House 20 New York Herald Tribune https://www.proquest.com/docview/1327584593 subscription February 21, 2021 1327584593 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161452/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1327584593 live The sheet metal balustrade was removed from the cornice during this time. Members of the India House proposed a maritime-themed park on Hanover Square,May 28, 1951 Maritime Park May Be Built In Hanover Sq.: Nautical Relics Sought for Area Facing India House 21 New York Herald Tribune https://www.proquest.com/docview/1322425066 subscription February 21, 2021 1322425066 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161428/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1322425066 liveJune 7, 1951 Hanover Square Park May Cover 'El' Space; Nautical Monument Is Proposed for Site en-US 35 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/06/07/84850492.pdf February 21, 2021 0362-4331 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161435/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/06/07/84850492.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false live which was dedicated that November.November 10, 1951 Admiral Deplores Yielding Ship Lead; Maritime Official Criticizes Reliance on Allied Vessels--Dedicates Hanover Park en-US 32 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/11/10/81778692.pdf February 21, 2021 0362-4331 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161414/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/11/10/81778692.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false live By the 1960s, the basement contained a German-American tavern called Hanover Square.Fenton Marie August 28, 1969 ...Take a Walk Through Lower Manhattan 6 The Journal News newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71710150/take-a-walk-through-lower-manhattan/ live February 21, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924233730/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71710150/take-a-walk-through-lower-manhattan/ September 24, 2022 1970s to 2010s thumb|Side view of the building In 1972, Harry Poulakakos and his wife Adrienne opened Harry's Bar within the basement of 1 Hanover Square. By the 1980s, the bar typically served hundreds of patrons during lunch and dinner, and it had private telephone lines connecting to nearby brokerage houses.Prial Frank J. November 1, 2003 Years of Feeding Wall Street Meet Abrupt End at Harry's en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/01/nyregion/years-of-feeding-wall-street-meet-abrupt-end-at-harry-s.html February 19, 2021 0362-4331 February 27, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210227004450/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/01/nyregion/years-of-feeding-wall-street-meet-abrupt-end-at-harry-s.html live Following the financial crisis of 1987, the Broad Street Club merged with the India House and moved to 1 Hanover Square.June 9, 1988 Wall Street Merger Private clubs are feeling post-crash slump 63 Newsday https://www.proquest.com/docview/277967660/ subscription February 21, 2021 277967660 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161446/https://www.proquest.com/docview/277967660 live Through the early 1990s, Harry's was popular among the area's bankers, brokers, and traders.Veasey David January 12, 1992 It's 200 Candles for New York Stock Exchange 3 Los Angeles Times https://www.proquest.com/docview/281494157 subscription February 21, 2021 281494157 The Poulalakos' son Peter opened Bayard's Restaurant on the upper stories in 1998, named for Nicholas Bayard, one of the site's 17th-century occupants. At the time, the India House still met at 1 Hanover Square during the day, so Bayard's only operated at night.Fabricant Florence December 16, 1998 Off the Menu en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/16/dining/off-the-menu.html live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924234718/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/16/dining/off-the-menu.html September 24, 2022March 21, 1999 Shipshape and Downtown: Bayard's Fills Sails for NYC Fans of Fine French Food, Maritime History https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/19990322/SUB/903220711/shipshape-and-downtown-bayard-s-fills-sails-for-nyc-fans-of-fine-french-food-maritime-history February 22, 2021 Crain's New York Business April 19, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210419183622/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/19990322/SUB/903220711/shipshape-and-downtown-bayard-s-fills-sails-for-nyc-fans-of-fine-french-food-maritime-history live Meanwhile, India House had sold off much of its collection of maritime artwork by then. The India House Foundation, created in 1999, unsuccessfully attempted to save the collection.Kahn Eve M. July 24, 2014 India House Artwork Inspires a New Book en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/arts/design/india-house-artwork-inspires-a-new-book.html live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924234824/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/arts/design/india-house-artwork-inspires-a-new-book.html September 24, 2022 Harry's survived the September 11 attacks in 2001, as did Bayard's.Schrambling Regina September 11, 2002 Downtown Rising en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/11/dining/downtown-rising.html live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924234935/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/11/dining/downtown-rising.html September 24, 2022Sokolov Raymond 2002-05-03 From the Ashes, Restaurants Rise Again en-US Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1020379636851720480 2021-02-22 0099-9660 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161458/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1020379636851720480 live After Adrienne Poulakakos died in August 2003, and amid a general decline in patronage, Harry's suddenly closed that November, but Bayard's and the India Club continued to operate.November 8, 2003 Corrections en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/08/pageoneplus/corrections.html live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924235027/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/08/pageoneplus/corrections.html September 24, 2022 Around that time, the India House began to restore 1 Hanover Square's facade, which had long been covered with brown stucco. The project was completed in 2005 and received the New York Landmarks Conservancy's Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award.April 14, 2005 India House restoration to get preservation award https://www.amny.com/news/india-house-restoration-to-get-preservation-award/ February 22, 2021 amNewYork February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161440/https://www.amny.com/news/india-house-restoration-to-get-preservation-award/ live Harry and Peter Poulakakos opened Harry's Steakhouse and Restaurant in May 2006.Fabricant Florence May 10, 2006 Off the Menu en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/dining/10off.html live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924235116/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/dining/10off.html September 24, 2022May 12, 2006 Harry's Steak and Harry's Cafe https://www.thrillist.com/eat/harrys-steak-and-harrys-cafe February 21, 2021 Thrillist November 25, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201125140112/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/harrys-steak-and-harrys-cafe live Also in the mid-2000s, Peter Poulakakos opened and co-operated Ulysses Folk House and Adrienne's Pizza Bar within 1 Hanover Square and the adjacent buildings on Pearl and Stone Streets.Fickenscher Lisa February 19, 2011 Sift flour into gold https://www.proquest.com/docview/856422149 Crain's New York Business 27 8 3 subscription February 22, 2021 856422149 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161440/https://www.proquest.com/docview/856422149 liveSheftell Jason September 10, 2009 Stone Street: How one of Manhattan's oldest roads became its newest hot spot https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/stone-street-manhattan-oldest-roads-newest-hot-spot-article-1.405438 February 22, 2021 New York Daily News November 18, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211118035237/https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/stone-street-manhattan-oldest-roads-newest-hot-spot-article-1.405438 live Bayard's had been closed by the 2010s.Cuozzo Steve 2017-11-25 How Lower Manhattan 'reinvented' itself after 9/11 https://nypost.com/2017/11/25/how-lower-manhattan-reinvented-itself-after-9-11/ 2021-02-22 New York Post en-US November 9, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003221/https://nypost.com/2017/11/25/how-lower-manhattan-reinvented-itself-after-9-11/ live Office conversion India House closed permanently during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020.Baird-Remba Rebecca Social Club India House at One Hanover Square Reborn as Offices Commercial Observer November 2, 2023 https://commercialobserver.com/2023/11/former-downtown-social-club-india-house-at-one-hanover-square-reborn-as-offices/ January 12, 2024 SomeraRoad bought the building in March 2022 and began converting the upper stories into offices.Larsen Keith SomeraRoad Buys Historic 1 Hanover Square in FiDi The Real Deal April 5, 2022 https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2022/04/05/developer-plans-boutique-office-above-wall-street-hangout-harrys/ January 12, 2024 Design firms Husband Wife and S9 Architecture conducted a renovation of 1 Hanover Square, which was completed in September 2023. The first floor became an amenity area for office buildings, while the upper stories served as offices. This was the first time in the building's history that the upper floors were available for lease.Cunningham Cathy Historic India House Building at 1 Hanover Square Available to Lease Commercial Observer October 18, 2022 https://commercialobserver.com/2022/10/one-hanover-square-india-house-someraroad/ June 26, 2023 Critical reception and landmark status The main structure was described by the AIA Guide to New York City as having "unfluted Corinthian columns and pedimented windows [that] give an understated enrichment to the dour brownstone". After the India Club moved into 1 Hanover Square, a reporter for The New York Times said in 1929 that the "quiet dignity of the nineteenth century architecture [...] furnishes a sharp contrast with the massive towers of banks and commercial structures in the Wall Street district" nearby.November 3, 1929 Our India House of Sea Fame; Club in Lower Manhattan Keeps Alive the Romance of Old Shipping Days--what Is in the Name Chosen for It en-US X15 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/11/03/91986707.pdf February 21, 2021 0362-4331 February 20, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230220161424/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/11/03/91986707.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false live The architect Alexander Trowbridge characterized the building in 1926 as among the city's most attractive clubs, while Antiques magazine called the interior of the India Club "a kind of collector's paradise" in 1938. By the 1960s, it was described in the New York Daily News as a "well-preserved" structure "that contrasts sharply with many of its dilapidated neighbors".January 31, 1961 Unity Urged in Downtown Renewal Job 104 New York Daily News newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71709969/unity-urged-in-downtown-renewal-job/ live February 21, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924235302/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71709969/unity-urged-in-downtown-renewal-job/ September 24, 2022 A Times reporter wrote in 2001 that the India Club building "evokes the heyday of Manhattan's waterfront" despite being one block inland.Hellman Peter May 13, 2001 A Ramble Around the Battery en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/13/travel/american-cities-a-ramble-around-the-battery.html live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924235206/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/13/travel/american-cities-a-ramble-around-the-battery.html September 24, 2022 thumb|NRHP plaque One Hanover's exterior was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) as an official city landmark on December 22, 1965. It was one of the first landmarks to be designated by the LPC in Manhattan,January 29, 1966 Seven More Landmarks Chosen in Manhattan 29 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/01/29/79295134.pdf February 9, 2021 0362-4331December 28, 1965 Pick 7 More Landmarks 299 New York Daily News newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69475177/pick-7-more-landmarks/ live February 6, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924235419/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69475177/pick-7-more-landmarks/ September 24, 2022 as well as the first luncheon club in Lower Manhattan to be designated as a landmark.February 16, 1997 2 Pine St. Neighbors Become Landmarks en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/16/realestate/2-pine-st-neighbors-become-landmarks.html live February 21, 2021 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20220924235509/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/16/realestate/2-pine-st-neighbors-become-landmarks.html September 24, 2022 The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972February 6, 1979 Federal Register: 44 Fed. Reg. 7107 (Feb. 6, 1979) http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/fedreg/fr044/fr044026/fr044026.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20161230122005/http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/fedreg/fr044/fr044026/fr044026.pdf December 30, 2016 March 8, 2020 Library of Congress 7538 (PDF p. 338) and was re-added to the NRHP as a National Historic Landmark in 1977.http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1303&ResourceType=Building New York Cotton Exchange September 11, 2007 National Historic Landmark summary listing National Park Service September 18, 2007 February 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212012943/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1303&resourceType=Building deadUnited States. Dept. of the Interior https://books.google.com/books?id=PR_YAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP162 Catalogue of National Historic Landmarks U.S. Department of the Interior 1985 162 February 7, 2021https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/72001586_text National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: New York Cotton Exchange George R. Adams December 1976 National Park Service pdf none February 20, 2023 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901092150/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/72001586_text live and 72001586 Accompanying photo, exterior, from 1964. y (1.11 MB) 1 Hanover Square is also part of the Stone Street Historic District,National Park Service 1999 4–5 . which was designated as a New York City historic district in 1996Dunlap David W. January 26, 2001 New York puts stone back into Stone Street https://www.baltimoresun.com/2001/01/26/new-york-puts-stone-back-into-stone-street/ live February 18, 2021 Baltimore Sun en-US https://web.archive.org/web/20210712204710/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-01-26-0101260248-story.html July 12, 2021 and as an NRHP district in 1999.1999 National Register of Historic Places 1999 Weekly Lists https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-1999-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf February 22, 2021 National Park Service 131 December 28, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191228214614/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-1999-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf live One Hanover and its occupants have also been depicted in works of popular culture. The building was used in the 2001 film Kate & Leopold as Leopold's family home.Kate and Leopold Film Locations http://onthesetofnewyork.com/kateandleopold.html live July 1, 2013 On the Set of New York https://web.archive.org/web/20101128072116/http://onthesetofnewyork.com:80/kateandleopold.html November 28, 2010 Harry's Bar in the basement was depicted as a traders' favorite hangout in the 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities. The art and artifacts at the India House were the subject of a 2014 book by historian Margaret Stocker. See also Architecture NRHP New York City Economy of New York City New Orleans Cotton Exchange, also a National Historic Landmark List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street References Notes Citations Sources January 7, 1972 India House https://catalog.archives.gov/medialz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72001586.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20220924235854/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72001586.pdf September 24, 2022 National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service National Park Service 1972 King Moses https://books.google.com/books?id=cKkUAAAAYAAJ King's Handbook of New York City: An Outline History and Description of the American Metropolis Moses King 1892 Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature McDougall Robert P. https://books.google.com/books?id=jKAvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21 New York Cotton Exchange, 1871-1923 Bartlett Orr Press 1923 December 22, 1977 New York Cotton Exchange (India House) https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/0128ef4f-2d71-47a6-aa0d-55c3d01e0b09 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220925000001/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/0128ef4f-2d71-47a6-aa0d-55c3d01e0b09 September 25, 2022 National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service National Park Service 1977 https://catalog.archives.gov/medialz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001330.pdf Stone Street Historic District 1999-11-12 National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service National Park Service 1999 https://web.archive.org/web/20210810224349/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001330.pdf August 10, 2021 June 25, 1996 Stone Street Historic District http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1938.pdf New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Landmarks Preservation Commission 1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20220925000207/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1938.pdf September 25, 2022 Sutphin Amanda September 1997 Phase 1A Archaeological Documentary Study Stone Street Historic District http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/arch_reports/497.pdf live New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20220925000223/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/arch_reports/497.pdf September 25, 2022 External links India House website Harry's website New York Board of Trade collapsed Category:1854 establishments in New York (state) Category:Commodity exchanges in the United States Category:Financial District, Manhattan Category:Historic district contributing properties in Manhattan Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New York (state) Category:National Historic Landmarks in Manhattan Category:New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Category:Office buildings completed in 1854 Category:Office buildings in Manhattan Category:Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Category:New York State Register of Historic Places in New York County