Roughly bounded by East River, Brooklyn Bridge, Fletcher Allry, Pearl, and South Sts., New York, New York. County/parish: New York.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1978. NRIS 78001884.
23 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, centered where Fulton Street meets the East River, within the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The Seaport is a designated historic district. It is part of Manhattan Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan, and is next to the East River to the southeast and the Two Bridges neighborhood to the northeast.
The district features some of the oldest buildings in Lower Manhattan, and includes the largest concentration of restored early 19th-century commercial buildings in the city. This includes renovated original mercantile buildings, renovated sailing ships, the former Fulton Fish Market, and modern tourist malls featuring food, shopping, and nightlife.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319919