Claim: The Trinity Court's First Building had six stories that later became the focus of a complex tort in the 1890s over property value loss due to the construction of Manhattan Elevated Railroad, later IRT Sixth Avenue Line the second elevated railway in Manhattan in New York City.
Evidence: Trinity Court Building is the name of several structures located at 70, 74, and 76 Trinity Place in Lower Manhattan, New York City, between Rector and Albany Streets. The earliest building to carry the name was built in 1879 for the Western Union Telegraph Company. It had six stories, 5,000 square feet of space, stores on the ground floor, and commercial lofts in the rest. The building was the focus of a complex tort in the 1890s over property value loss due to the operation of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad (later IRT Sixth Avenue Line) in front of it. The IRT Sixth Avenue Line, often called the Sixth Avenue Elevated or Sixth Avenue El, was the second elevated railway in Manhattan in New York City, following the Ninth Avenue Elevated.