1865: The P.T. Barnum Museum and Menagerie at Broadway and Ann Street, Part II » MaidenPearlSW

Maiden Lane and Pearl Street

Cornelius Van Tienhoven’s homestead was near the intersection of present-day Pearl Street and Maiden Lane, pictured here. Back then, Maiden Lane was a pebbled brook that ran from Nassau Street to the East River

Maiden Lane and Pearl Street, SW corner