Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-10-08


TriA ~. "a. raui'a and Grace Church Dsfy
she hdrance Of Business Interests.
Three landmarks on Broadway occu-
~ sites so valuable that their retention
confounds every calculation Of real e.
tate Spectators They are the only three
churches on Broadway below Foffy-sec-
ond street, and each has come to be part
Of tho popular distinction Of Chat thor
oughfnrel They are Trinity, ST Paul's
and Grace All three have high claims
10 architectural eminence, and al three
are q one denoinina6 on-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 churh, az Broadway and
Fulton street, ~ 81, 200, 900, and that 81
Grace church, Broadway opposite Elev-
enth street. at $3.50, 600. The frontage
Of Trinity church, including tho church
yard, Is 400 feet, OF 81. Paul's church
1917 feet and Of Grace church $50 feet.
The gross valuation Of these three
churches is so, 100, 900, and as the usual
rate Of assessment on real estate IL about
co per cent the actual market value Of
these three Broadway plots Is In excess
Of $40, 900, coo. In European cities IL is
no strange thing for public thor0ugh-
fares to be dotted with venerable edi-
fees erected for ecclesiastical, military
OF governmental purposes, but in New
York, where there is no material partner
ship between church and state, aud
where, perhaps, more utilitarian views
prevail than abroad, the steady enhance
meut Of real estate values has been
such that few religious corporations
have been strong enough on felt them
selves strong enough 70 Withstand the
temptation TO sell On the present site Of
Tifany's, FOR instance, Broadway aud
Fifteenth street, formerly a church
stood. There was a chapel opposite the
site Of the old New York hotel But
with the advance Of business interests
the congregations reluctantly moved
away. These three landmarks named
have stood their ground, and IL seems
probable that they viii continue to do
so.
st. Paul's church is the oldest reli-
gious ediilce in this city. 1t was built in
1764, and it was the church which
George Washington and his associates
attended Immediately following tho in
nuguration ceremonies in 1889. Trinity
church is the third of that name ON the
present site, aud was erected in 1916.
Grace church was erected in 1645, one
year before Trinity, and the site, Mt the
head Of Broadway where it turns an
angle at Tenth street, was carefully cho-
sen. All three buildings enjoy the I'D
vantage Of being kept in excellent re-
pair, and are improved from time to
timo 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 q 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,
50 that they are, if such an expression
may be used, the three churches 10 be
reached by carriage. Very few persons
who attend either Trinity or st. Paul's
reside in their vicinity, ind the number
Of such parishioners decreases each year.
Grace church retains it's high rank ar.
chitecturally, notwithstanding the num-
Der Of new church buildings in New
York, and 1t has the additional distinc-
tion of being popular for fashionable
weddings. New York Sun.