2 White Street
USA /
New Jersey /
Hoboken /
White Street, 2
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ Hoboken
World / United States / New York
Federal style (architecture), 1800s construction
Originally a 2.5-story brick and frame dwelling with a store, constructed in 1808-09 for Gideon Trucker who was an alderman and education commissioner. A one-story store extends an additional seventeen feet on West Broadway. The main house is clad in white brick, with a pair of peaked dormers breaking the roof line.
2 White Street was home to the African-American abolitionist Theodore S. Wright from 1842 until his death in 1847. Wright, along with Peter Williams Jr. and Samuel Cornish, was a leader of the anti-slavery and anti-colonization movements in New York City. He was first African-American graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary, the second pastor of the First Colored Presbyterian Church, and was a founding member of American Anti-Slavery Society.
The ground level is the location of the diner where It Could Happen to You - a 1994 film starring Nicholas Cage and Bridget Fonda - was based. The story is based on a New York City, USA police officer (Cage) who wins the lottery and splits his winnings with a waitress (Fonda). The movie bears a striking resemblance to an actual event as documented by Snopes.
Currently, the ground level houses a liquor store which was later adaptively reused with the interior intact which operated as a J. Crew store from 2008-2019.
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2 White Street was home to the African-American abolitionist Theodore S. Wright from 1842 until his death in 1847. Wright, along with Peter Williams Jr. and Samuel Cornish, was a leader of the anti-slavery and anti-colonization movements in New York City. He was first African-American graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary, the second pastor of the First Colored Presbyterian Church, and was a founding member of American Anti-Slavery Society.
The ground level is the location of the diner where It Could Happen to You - a 1994 film starring Nicholas Cage and Bridget Fonda - was based. The story is based on a New York City, USA police officer (Cage) who wins the lottery and splits his winnings with a waitress (Fonda). The movie bears a striking resemblance to an actual event as documented by Snopes.
Currently, the ground level houses a liquor store which was later adaptively reused with the interior intact which operated as a J. Crew store from 2008-2019.
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/10/1809-gideon-tuck...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/69963f59071f4ecca36e19a4a6...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_White_Street
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Coordinates: 40°43'10"N 74°0'21"W
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- Brooklyn 10 km
- Queens 14 km
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