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What was here before?
This site was once part of the estate of Jonas Bronck (1600-43), for whom the Bronx is named. The land was later held by the family of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), one of the authors of the U.S. Constitution. After 1857, the area was known as “Janes’ Hill” for owner Adrian Janes of Janes, Kirtland & Co. Iron Works, which manufactured bridges for Central Park, railings for the Brooklyn Bridge, and the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
This site was later occupied by residential buildings as early as 1870 through the 1940s.
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