Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-11
THREE NEW YORK LANDMARKS.


Trinity, 81. PAars and Grace Church Defy
the Advance of business Interests.
Three landmarks ON Broadway occu-
Ply sites so valuable that their retention
confounds every calculation of real es-
tate Spectators. They are the only three
churches Gu Broadway below Forty-se
cnd street, and each has come to be part
of the popular distinction Of that thor
oughfare. They are Trinity. St Paul's
and Grace. All three have high claims
60 architectural eminence, and all three
are of one denomination--the Protestant
Episcopal
The site of Trinity church, ON Broad
way at the head of Wall street, is APP
praised officially at $4,000, 900; that of
St Paul's church, at Broadway and
Fulton street, at 81, 700, 900, and that of
Grace church, Broadway opposite Elev-
enth street, at $3.50. 900. The frontage
of Trinity church, including the church
yard, is 406 feet, of st. Paul's church
l67 feet and of Grace church $50 feet.
The gross valuation Of these three
churches is So, 100, 900, and as the usual
ratesbf assessment ON real estate is about
90 per cent the actual market value Of
these three Broadway plots is in excess
of SIC, 200, 900. In European cities ii is
mo strange thing for public thorough
fares to be dotted with venerable edi-
fees erected for ecclesiastical, military
Or governmental purposes, but in Now
York, where there is no material partner
ship between church aud state, and
where, perhaps. more utilitarian views
prevail than abroad. the steady enhance
ment Of real estate values has been
such that few religious corporations
have been strong enough or felt them
seiVee strong enough TO withstand the
temptatsa to sell. On the present site of
rnaiy . iol instance, Broadway and
fiiteentn seree.' formerly a church
s s;.s :, the o1a W" New oynel opposite the
with the advance Of business .-,torosts
the congregations reluctantly m~,od
away. These three landmarks namet.
have stood their ground, and it seems
probable that they will continue to do
80.
st. Paul's church is the Oldest reli-
gious edifice in this city. TWAS built in
1854, and it was the church which
George Washington and his associates
attended Immediately following the in
auguration ceremonies in 1889. Trinity
church is the third Of that name ON the
present site, and was erected in 1916.
Grace church was erected in 1916, one
year before Trinity, and the site, at the
head of Broadway where it turns an
angle at Tenth street, was carefully cho-
sen. All three buildings enjoy the ad
vantage Of being kept in excellent re-
pair, and are improved from time to
time by the liberal contributions of bene-
factors. This is especially true Of Trim
ity and Grace church, which may al
most be said to improve year by year.
1t is a popularity of these three land
marks of New York that those who at
tend them come. in nearly every case,
from sections Of the city far up town,
so that they are, if such an expression
may be used, the three churches to be
reached by carriage. Very few persons
who attend either Trinity or st. Pauls
reside IN their vicinity, and the number
Of such parishioners decreases each year.
Grace church retains, its high rank ar
chitecturally, notwithstanding the num-
Der of new church buildings in New
York, and it has the additional distinc-
ton of being popular for fashionable
weddings. New York Sun.