. When old New York was young . of Maiden Lane and Pearl Street, it stoodthere at the close of the seventeenth cen-tury. It was a substantial inn, this house ofRoger Baker. Baker is remembered in his- [27J HALF AN HOUR ON GOLDEN HILL tory as the man who said, during the trialfor treason of Colonel Nicholas Bavard, in1702, that William HL had a nose of wax,and was no longer king than the Englishpleased. He was heavily tined for thissaying. From Maiden Lane enter Pearl the early days, when New York was NewAmsterdam, the favorite walk of the colo-nists followed the course of the East Ri
. When old New York was young . of Maiden Lane and Pearl Street, it stoodthere at the close of the seventeenth cen-tury. It was a substantial inn, this house ofRoger Baker. Baker is remembered in his- [27J HALF AN HOUR ON GOLDEN HILL tory as the man who said, during the trialfor treason of Colonel Nicholas Bavard, in1702, that William HL had a nose of wax,and was no longer king than the Englishpleased. He was heavily tined for thissaying. From Maiden Lane enter Pearl the early days, when New York was NewAmsterdam, the favorite walk of the colo-nists followed the course of the East along Pearl Street, and we are follow-ing that once beautiful river-path. Thefoot-path in time became a lane; then astreet. In 1695 it was called Great QueenStreet; in 1725 simply Queen Street. Bv1765 the portion south of Wall Street hadbecome Pearl Street. When Washington became President ofthe new nation he lived on this street, nearby the open space now Franklin Square. Itwas a main thoroughfare, with buildings [28]. HALF AN HOUR ON GOLDEN HILL from four to six stories high — skyscrapersfor those days. In the first days of the nine-^teenth century the entire thoroughfare hadbecome Pearl Street. Whatever it may oncehave enjoyed of country green, and unob-structed river breezes, no trace of themremains. It is now a cramped and gloomyway, darkened by the structure of the elevat-ed road from above, and by an irregular lineof unattractive buildings on each side. Within sight of the ground on whichstood Washingtons house, turn off and fol-low Fulton Street to the west, and you havecompleted the circuit of Golden Hill. ,!>] KIPS BAY AND KIPS HOUSE
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