Lot: F5 (Taxlots)

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F5
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Description

Paulus Leendersen built this tall warehouse in 1650.

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The warehouse of Paulus Leendersen, or Leendertsen, van der Grift. The westernmost of the three tall buildings shown on the Prototype View (Vol. I, Frontispiece), as well as on the Visscher and Van der Donck Views (Pis. 8-a and 9).

Paulus Leendersen built the warehouse, in 1650 {Patents III: 102, Albany), having received his ground-brief for the land July 19, 1649. — Ibid., II: 73. It covered the site of the present No. 31 Pearl Street. For an extended mention of Van der Grift, see Block A, No. 14. See also Map of Dutch Grants, and Key.