Peter Schermerhorn
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Peter Schermerhorn was an American merchant and landowner in New York City. He was the father of Abraham Schermerhorn and the paternal grandfather of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor.
Part of Schermerhorn Row, early 19th-century mercantile buildings
Schermerhorn Row Block
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The Schermerhorn Row Block is a city block bounded by John Street, South Street, Fulton Street, and Front Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, United States, near the South St
Peter Schermerhorn
…renamed "Peter Schermerhorn & Sons." In 1811, Schemerhorn built six Federal style urban counting houses on Fulton Street in Manhattan, today known as the Schermerhorn Row Block. The houses were built to serve the growing South Street Seaport. Peter also served as a governor of New York Hospital. On September 11, 1771, Schemerhorn…
Rooflines of Schermerhorn Row
View from an adjacent building
Buildings at Fulton and Front streets