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Architectural Elements

Architectural Elements

The Museum’s collection of architectural elements and building components includes bricks, doors and windows, samples of wallpaper, cast iron and terra cotta ornaments, structural ironworks, and more. The objects are examples of the changing physical fabric of New York City, and particularly of the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Most of the artifacts belong to different adaptations and style iterations of Schermerhorn Row, a Federal-style counting house built between 1810-1812, and home of the Seaport Museum since the 1970s. The remaining artifacts belong to other significant buildings that are no longer extant, such as the 1882 Fulton Market building and the Edward Laing Stores.


Spandrel fragment from Edgar H. Laing Stores, ca. 1849
Floral patterned cast-iron architectural element, n.d.
Floral patterned cast-iron architectural element, n.d.
Capital from Fulton Market, 1882
Leaded glass window from Bush Terminal, ca. 1905
Coal chute cover from Claman Stove Repairs, 20th century
Wooden water pipe cross-section, 1800-1806
Brick, early 20th century
Tie rod star, n.d.
Two-sided floral patterned cast-iron architectural element, n.d.

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