13 South William Street

Listed on the

National Historic Register,

this building was built in 1837-1839.

In 1903 architect C.P.H. Gilbert

converted it into its current

Neo-Dutch Renaissance style.

Today the building is home to

America's oldest security agency,

McRoberts Protective Agency, Inc.,

which was founded in downtown

Manhattan in 1876.

Marker is on South William Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB