Stokes, I. N. Phelps The iconography of Manhattan Island 1498-1909 (v. 3)

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cupied Colored Presb. Church edifice and refitted
same as synagogue i826.^Greenleaf's Hist, of the
Churches, 123. Shown, drawing by A. J. Davis,
litho. by Imbert, in possession of N. Y. Hist.
Soc. Congr. now at Madison Ave., near cor. E.
6sth St.

Hebrew Congregation Shearith-Israel.        29-4

Site: 16 S. William St. c. 1700. Leased from
John Harpendingh.—Recital in Liber Deeds,
XXIII: 230. See Key to Castello Plan, Vol. II:
300.    Cf. Chronology, 1695.

Hebrew Congregation  Shearith-Israel  (second
site).                                                         29-5

Site: 22 and part of 20 and 34 S. William St.
Erected 1729-30.—Zji^^r Deeds, XXXI: 263;
XXXV: 72. Rebuilt 1818.—Goodrich's Picture
of N. Y., 227. Congr. removed to 56 Crosby St.
1834. Bldg. in S. William St. demolished and
materials partly used in building Crosby St.
Synagogue.—Wilson's Mem. Hist, of N. Y., IV:
381.

Hebrew   Congregation   Shearith-Israel   (third
site).                                                       483-1

Site: s^ Crosby St. Corner-stone 1833; com¬
pleted 1834 (Greenleaf's Hist, of the Churches,
I3i; Liber Deeds, CCXCVII:3i4; Chronology);
congr. removed hither from 22 Mill (S. William)
St. and removed hence to W. 19th St. 1860.—
Haswell's Reminiscences, 311. Wood's Theatre sub¬
sequently on this site.—Dripp's Atlas (1868).

Hebrew  Congregation  Shearith-Israel  (fourth
site).                                                       821-1

Site; 5 W. 19th St. Corner-stone 1859; com¬
pleted i860; sold 1894 and congr. removed to
cor. 70th St. and Central Park W. i8gz.—The
Congregation Shearith Israel, iij, 136, 140. Shown
in Pelletreau's Early N. Y. Houses, Pl. 39-

Hebrew Congregation Shearith-Israel (present

site).                                                     1133-1

Site:   100 Central Park W.    Corner-stone 1896;

consecrated 1897.—Pub. of Am. Jewish Hist. Soc,

No. 6, p. 140.

Temple Beth El.                                           1390-1

Site: S. E. cor. Fifth Ave. and 76th St.; completed
1891.—King's Handbook (1893), 403. Shown in
Am. Architect (1893), Vol. XXXVL No. 852.

Temple Emanu-El.                                         1278-1

Site: N. E. cor. Fifth Ave. and 43d St; completed
1868; Leopold Eidlitz, architect.—King's Hand¬
book, 402. Shown in Man. Com. Coun., 1868, p.
465-

LUTHERAN

Christ's    Lutheran    Church.     The    "Swamp"
Church.                                                 120-1

Site: N. E. cor. Frankfort and William Sts.
Erected 1767.—Goodrich's Picture of N. Y., 226;
Greenleaf's Hist, of the Churches, 54. Sold to
African Presb. Ch. and congr. removed to Walker
St. 1831.-7*1^., 154. The old ch. bldg. after
occupation by coloured Presbyterians became an
auction-room, later a stable; finally demolished
1850.—JV. Y. Journal of Commerce, Dec. 23, 1850.
Shown on Pis. 41, 43, Vol. I; Poppleton s Map
(1817); Goodrich's Map (1838). See plate, N. Y.
Mirror (1831), IX: 161.

Earliest Lutheran Congregation.    ^ _         49-3

Site: W. side Broadway, now in Trinity church¬
yard. Congr. met in house formerly of Cornelius
Pluvier, 1671.—Min. of the Exec. Coun., ed. by
V. H,  Paltsits, II: 585 ^' -^^S-." Mortgages.  1654-
 

1660, trans, by O'Callaghan, 139. Demolished
1673.—Rec. N. Am., VII: 13; N. Y. Col. Docs.,
II: 633-6. Congr. removed to cor. Broadway and
Rector St. See Notes on Castello Plan, Block A,
No. 17, Vol. II.

German Lutheran Church.                            113-1

Site: Cliff St., at Hague St. Erected 1750; de¬
molished 1767.—Remarks by David Grim en¬
dorsed upon an unrecorded deed dated March 33, 1
1749-50 from Robert Benson to Philip Grim
et al. for "lott of ground in Skinners St., Mont¬
gomery Ward."—Records of Title Guarantee &
Trust Co. Congr. joined "Swamp Church" at
cor. Wilham and Frankfort Sts. 1767. Shown on
Pis. 34, 41 and 43, Vol. I.

St. James's Lutheran Church.                       336-t

Site: Orange (Baxter) St., near Hester St. Opened '
1826 (Congr. coming from St. Matthew's Ch.,
q. v.); demolished c. 1842; congr. removed to
Coliseum Hall, Broadway; thence to Mulberry
St., 1846.—Greenleaf's Hist, of the Churches, 55,
S6. Shown on Goodrich's Map (1828); Colton's
Topog. Map (1836).

St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.                 19

Site: S. E. cor. Walker St. and Cordandt Alfey- ^
Erected 1821.—Greenleaf's Hist, of the Churches,
55; sold 1826 {ibid.). Congr. removed to Orange
(Baxter) St., near Hester. See St, James's Luth.Ch.
Congr. of Christ Luth. Ch. (supra) occupied this
edifice 1S31.—Ibid., 154- Shown on Goodrich's
Map {1838); Colton's Topog. Map (1836).

Second Lutheran Church.                               21-1

Site: S.W. cor. Broadway and Rector St. Erected
c. 167s (Land Papers, I: 161, Albany); demolished
and new bldg. begun 1727; opened 1729 (Lutheran
Minutes); partly destroyed by fire 1776 {N. Y.
Gazette; and Weekly Mercury, Sept. 30, 1776); not
rebuilt; rented as storehouse; land sold to Trinity
Church 1805.—Journal of the Lutheran Church,A
1796-1821, p. 113. Grace Church erected on site
1806-9 (?■ p)- Shown on Pis. 23-a, 26, 27, 27-a,
30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 40, 41, 43, 44 and 68-a, Vol. I.
 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL
Allen Memorial M. E. Church.                    410-1

Site: 91 Rivington St.    Erected 1888.—Haswell's
Reminiscences, 207.    Bldg. now a Hebrew syna¬
gogue.
Allen Street M. E. Church.              _           41S-1

Site: Allen, bet. Delancey and Rivington Sts.
Erected 1810; demolished and rebuilt 1836 (Green¬
leaf's Hist, of the Churches, 287); removed to 91
Rivington St. 1888. Bldg. became a Hebrew
synagogue.—Haswell's Reminiscences, 207. See
Allen Memorial M. E. Church.
Bedford Street M. E. Church.                      586-1

Site: S. E. cor. Bedford and Morton Sts.   Erected
 

lolished ;
 

rebuilt  1840.-
 

^af's
 

Hist, of the Churches, 288.

Duane Street M. E. Church.

Site: 180 Duane St. Erected 1797 (Greei
Hist, of the Churches, 285); congr. removed 1
Hudson St. 1863.—Haswell's Reminiscences,

Duane Street M. E. Church (second site).
Site:   294 Hudson St.    Erected 1863.—Has
Reminiscences, 206.

Forsyth Street M. E. Church.

Site:    8-10 Forsyth   St.     Erected   1790;   demol-i
ished and rebuilt 1833.—Greenleaf's Hist, of the'M
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