The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-07
r.alE NEW YohN LA.emAals.

trinity, st. Paul's ard Grace Church Defy
the Advance of business Interests.
Three landmarks on Broadway occu-
by sites so valuable that their retention
confounds every calculation of real es-
tate spectators. They are the only three
churches on Broadway below Forty-sec-
ond 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
to architectural eminence, and all three
are of one denomination-the Protestant
Episcopal
The site of Trinity church, on Broad
way ut the head of Wall street, is APP
praised officially at $1,000, 900; that of
st. Paul's church, at Broadway and
Fulton street, at 81, $50, 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
1877 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 is about
60 per cent the actual market value Of
these three Broadway plots is III excess
of $40, 600, 600. In European cities it is
no strange thing for public thorough
fares TO be dotted with venerable edi-
fees erected for ecclesiastical, military
or governmental purposes, but in New
York, where there is no material partner
ship between church and state, ami
where, perhaps, more unitarian views
prevail than abroad, tho steady enhance
mCnt Of real estate values has been
such that few religious corporations
have been strong enough or felt them
selves strong en,ugh 20 withstand tho
temptation to sell On the prelent site of
Tifiany's, for instance, Broadway and
Fifteenth street, formerly 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 Will continue to do
so.
St. Paul's church is the oldest reli-
gious edifice in this city. 1t was built III
1894, 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 adj
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 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,
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 on ST Paul's
reside in their vicinity, and tho 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.