Petrus Stuyvesant’s Great House

Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York

PETRUS STUYVESANT'S GREAT HOUSE

Location: Whitehall Street between Pearl & State Streets

Dutch Name: Opt Waeter

Near this site stood the “Great House” of Petrus Stuyvesant (c. 1612-1672), Nieuw Nederland’s last director. A colonial ...