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(1816 To 1860) By Chas. H. Haswell Originally published 1896 |
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ALTHOUGH I have very distinct recollections of the existence of the churches here referred to, and of the removal or destruction of some of them, I am unable to give the exact periods, etc., in all cases, and in consequence of the lapse of time (seventy years), deficiency in records, and the change of ministers, etc., I have had much difficulty in presenting this record, and if there are errors, they are not with me, but with the authorities I have referred to.
The churches and houses of worship therefore in existence at this period which I recollect, and which have been either removed by the advance of population, sold, or burned, etc., are:
Episcopal: "Trinity," 1696, Broadway, facing Wall Street; 1776, burned; 1788, rebuilt and furnished with a chime of bells; 1839, taken down; rebuilt and opened May 21, 1846. " Église du St. Esprit," Pine near Nassau Street; 1704, French Protestant; 1741, repaired; 1780, destroyed; 1794, rebuilt; 1803, Protestant Episcopal; 1834, sold, then built corner Leonard and Church streets ; now in Twenty-second Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. "St. George's," 1752, organized; 1811, in Beckman Street; 1814, burned; 1816, rebuilt; 1845, in Rutherford Place. "St. Mark's," 1791, Second Avenue and Tenth Street; 1799, rebuilt; 1829, consecrated. "Christ," 1794, 49 Ann, near Nassau Street; 1823,
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