United States Custom House

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The United States Custom House is a historic federal building in New York City that once served as the primary customs collection point for the bustling port, reflecting the city’s central role in American trade and finance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf custom house ⓘ
historic federal building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
architect Cass Gilbert ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
category Custom houses in the United States ⓘ
Government buildings in New York City ⓘ
Historic buildings in Manhattan ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formerFunction primary customs collection point for the Port of New York ⓘ
function customs collection point ⓘ
governingBody United States federal government ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
New York City Landmark ⓘ
houses National Museum of the American Indian – New York ⓘ
locatedNear Battery Park ⓘ
New York Harbor ⓘ
location Bowling Green ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
oversees customs duties collection (historical) ⓘ
reflects New York City’s central role in American finance ⓘ
New York City’s central role in American trade ⓘ
significance symbol of U.S. maritime commerce ⓘ
symbol of federal presence in New York City ⓘ
use museum space ⓘ
office building ⓘ

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Federal Hall National Memorial → originalFunction → United States Custom House ⓘ
Tuckahoe marble → usedIn → New York Customs House (former) at Bowling Green ⓘ
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Cass Gilbert → notableWork → United States Custom House (New York City) ⓘ
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Cass Gilbert → notableWork → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Cass Gilbert → designed → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Herman Melville → employer → New York Custom House ⓘ
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George Gustav Heye Center → location → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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United States Custom House in Salem → category → United States custom houses ⓘ
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Hamilton Grange National Memorial → relatedTo → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Poughkeepsie United States Post Office and Custom House → category → United States Custom Houses ⓘ
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Four Continents sculptures (New York Custom House) → location → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Four Continents sculptures (New York Custom House) → locatedOn → façade of Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Alexander Jackson Davis → notableWork → New York Custom House (with Ithiel Town) ⓘ
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Bowling Green → nearbyFeature → Custom House (Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House) ⓘ
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Collector of the Port of New York → hasHeadquartersLocation → Custom House, New York City ⓘ
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Collector of the Port of New York → hasHeadquartersLocation → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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United States Custom House → alsoKnownAs → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Asia (Four Continents sculpture) → location → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Europe (Four Continents sculpture) → locatedIn → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Europe (Four Continents sculpture) → commissionedFor → U.S. Custom House at New York Harbor ⓘ
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Africa (Four Continents sculpture) → locatedAt → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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America (Four Continents sculpture) → locatedIn → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Whitehall Street → hasLandmarkAlong → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Niagara Falls station (US) → hasHeritageComponent → U.S. Customs House museum space ⓘ
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Bowling Green station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) → near → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Roscoe Conkling political machine → influencedOffice → New York Custom House ⓘ
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Town and Davis → notableWork → Custom House, New York City ⓘ
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West Virginia Independence Hall → originalFunction → United States Custom House ⓘ
Bowling Green → nearbyLandmark → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
subject linked to: Bowling Green subway station
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Four Continents (sculptural group) → location → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Four Continents (sculptural group) → partOf → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House facade ⓘ
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Four Continents (sculptural group) → commissionedFor → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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1 Bowling Green → hasMainBuilding → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan → near → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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America (Four Continents) → location → Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House ⓘ
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America (Four Continents) → commissionedFor → U.S. Custom House at New York ⓘ
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