long by 171 to 144 feet wide, 77 feet high to the top ofthe
cornice, and 124 to the top of the dome. The front on Wall
street has a recessed portico of 18 massive Grecian-Ionic columns, 38 feet high and four feet four inches in diameter, each
formed from a solid block of stone, and weighing 43 tons.
Besides numerous other rooms for various purposes, the Exchange in the centre is in a circular form, 80 feet in diameter,
with four recesses, making the length and breadth each 100
feet, the whole 80 feet high, surmounted with a dome, resting
in part on eight Corinthian columns of Italian marble, 41 feet
high, and lighted by a skylight, 25 feet in diameter. The
cost of this building, including the ground, is estimated at
$1,800,000.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
The Custom House, at the head of Broad street, and on the
corner of Wall and Nassau streets, is a splendid building, constructed in the Doric order of Grecian architecture. It is
built in the most substantial manner, of white marble, something after the model of the Parthenon at Athens. It occupies
the site of the old Federal Hall, in the open gallery of which
General Washington was inaugurated; and nearly over the
front door is the place where he stood when the oath of office,
as first President of the United States, was administered to
him by Chancellor Livingston, April 30th, 1789. The building is two hundred feet long, 90 feet wide, and 80 feet high.
At the southern end on Wall street, is a portico of eight purely
Grecian Doric columns, 5 feet 8 inches in diameter, and 32
feet high; and on the northern end on Pine street, is a corresponding portico of similar columns. The front portico is
ascended by eighteen marble steps, and the rear portico on
Pine street by only three or four marble steps. It is two lofty
stories high above the basement story. The great business
hall is a splendid circular room, 60 feet in diameter, with recesses and galleries, making it 80 feet in diameter, surmounted by a dome, supported by 16 beautiful Corinthian columns*
30 feet high, ornamented in the dome with stucco, and at the
top with a skylight. On each side, are 13 pilasters, in perfect
keeping with the pillars on the two fronts. The cost of the
building and its furniture was $950,000 ; and including the
ground, $1,175,000.
long by 171 to 144 feet wide, 77 feet high to the top ofthe
cornice, and 124 to the top of the dome. The front on Wall
street has a recessed portico of 18 massive Grecian-Ionic columns, 38 feet high and four feet four inches in diameter, each
formed from a solid block of stone, and weighing 43 tons.
Besides numerous other rooms for various purposes, the Exchange in the centre is in a circular form, 80 feet in diameter,
with four recesses, making the length and breadth each 100
feet, the whole 80 feet high, surmounted with a dome, resting
in part on eight Corinthian columns of Italian marble, 41 feet
high, and lighted by a skylight, 25 feet in diameter. The
cost of this building, including the ground, is estimated at
$1,800,000.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
The Custom House, at the head of Broad street, and on the
corner of Wall and Nassau streets, is a splendid building, constructed in the Doric order of Grecian architecture. It is
built in the most substantial manner, of white marble, something after the model of the Parthenon at Athens. It occupies
the site of the old Federal Hall, in the open gallery of which
General Washington was inaugurated; and nearly over the
front door is the place where he stood when the oath of office,
as first President of the United States, was administered to
him by Chancellor Livingston, April 30th, 1789. The building is two hundred feet long, 90 feet wide, and 80 feet high.
At the southern end on Wall street, is a portico of eight purely
Grecian Doric columns, 5 feet 8 inches in diameter, and 32
feet high; and on the northern end on Pine street, is a corresponding portico of similar columns. The front portico is
ascended by eighteen marble steps, and the rear portico on
Pine street by only three or four marble steps. It is two lofty
stories high above the basement story. The great business
hall is a splendid circular room, 60 feet in diameter, with recesses and galleries, making it 80 feet in diameter, surmounted by a dome, supported by 16 beautiful Corinthian columns*
30 feet high, ornamented in the dome with stucco, and at the
top with a skylight. On each side, are 13 pilasters, in perfect
keeping with the pillars on the two fronts. The cost of the
building and its furniture was $950,000 ; and including the
ground, $1,175,000.
