J P Morgan and Co Building
- Also Known As: Morgan Guaranty Trust Company
- Address: 23 Wall St
- Neighborhood of Financial District, NYC in Manhattan NYC
- Nabe of Wall Street in Financial District, NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1882/09/04 | Thomas Edison | Inventor | At the Drexel, Morgan and Co headquarters (lost) at 23 Wall Street, Thomas Edison switches on 600 electric lights throughout the building, shining a light on the future of illumination. | Invention of Public Electricity Supply | ||
| 1895/01/01 | Drexel, Morgan and Co | End | Drexel, Morgan and Co becomes J P Morgan and Co. | |||
| 1895/01/01 | J P Morgan | Work | Drexel, Morgan and Co is rechristened J P Morgan and Co with J Pierpont Morgan as the head of all four affiliated partnerships in New York, Philadelphia, London and Paris. | |||
| 1901/09/07 | J P Morgan | Office | J P Morgan directs a memorial to President McKinley. Workmen cut bales of crepe and use sewing machines to make long black streamers to be draped on wooden frames which are to be erected on the front of the Drexel, Morgan and Co building (lost). | Assassination of William McKinley | ||
| 1913/03/23 | J P Morgan | Office | J P Morgan has had a new building in mind for a number of years, and leases which expired were not renewed. - The Times | |||
| 1913/06/14 | In a few days the most valuable piece of real estate in the United States will be nothing but a vacant lot, surrounded by a board fence. - The New York Times | |||||
| 1913/07/00 | Trowbridge and Livingston | Architect | Construction begins on a new J P Morgan and Co headquarters at the firm's historic site at 23 Wall Street in new York City. | |||
| 1914/00/00 | The neoclassical style J P Morgan and Co building is completed. The banking floor features a 30-foot coffered ceiling around a domed skylight. The Morgan name has been deliberately left off the building's front. | |||||
| 1920/09/16 | Joseph P Kennedy | Witness | A wagon full of lead weights parked near 23 Wall St explodes, killing 38 bystanders and injuring more than 100 others. | Wall Street Bombing | ||
| 1920/09/17 | At a rally already organized by The Sons of the American Revolution, 1000s of people celebrate Constitution Day at the same intersection. | Wall Street Bombing |
| Particulars for J P Morgan and Co Building: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Fabric | Black Crepe |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Historic Use | Financial Institution |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
| Owner | Private |
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