page_title: Union Theological Seminary (New York City)
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: Union Theological Seminary (New York City) / History / Early history
caption_attribution_description: English: Union Theological Seminary (New York City). Identifier: historyofrealest00durs (find matches) Title: A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century Year: 1898 (1890s) Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC Real Estate Record Association Union League Club (New York, N.Y.), former owner. NNC Subjects: Real estate business Building Architecture Publisher: New York&#160;: Record and guide Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: - times, where formerly it revolvedonce, the toj) is (;uick)y reached, another lever lifts the boom andguides it to desired ))o-ition and the stone is dropped just where it isAvantcd.. Twentx times the amount of work can l)e done with thisa))pliance th;it wa&gt; formerly ))os.si))le with the IkukI derrick. If thecost of fire-proof buildings lia^ declined from S3 to 35 cents ))ercubic foot in twenty-five \ ear&gt;, a^ M&gt;nie maintain, no small part ofthis economy has been effected the steam hod-hoisting machine,the steam platform elevator and the steam boom derrick. Text Appearing After Image: ' Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a non-denominational Christian seminary in New York City. It is affiliated with neighboring Columbia University. Since 1928, the seminary has served as Columbia's constituent faculty of theology. In 1964, UTS also established an affiliation with the neighboring Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
  UTS is the oldest independent seminary in the United States and has long been known as a bastion of progressive Christian scholarship, with a number of prominent thinkers among its faculty or alumni. It was founded in 1836 by members of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, but was open to students of all denominations. In 1893, UTS rescinded the right of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to veto faculty appointments, thus becoming fully independent. In the 20th century, Union became a center of liberal Christianity. It served as the birthplace of the Black theology, womanist theology, and other theological movements. It houses the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, one of the largest theological libraries in the Western Hemisphere.
context_section_description: Union Theological Seminary (UTS) was founded in 1836. During the late 19th century it became one of the leading centers of liberal Christianity in the United States. In 1891, Charles A. Briggs, who was being installed as the chair of biblical studies, delivered an inaugural address in which he questioned the verbal inspiration of Scripture. When the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. vetoed Briggs' appointment and eventually deposed Briggs for heresy two years later, Union removed itself from denominational oversight. In 1939 the Auburn Theological Seminary moved to its campus and departed in 2014.
  Among its graduates were the historian of Christianity Arthur McGiffert; biblical scholar James Moffatt; Harry Emerson Fosdick, the pastor of Riverside Church who served as professor during his tenure there; and the Socialist leader Norman Thomas.
caption: 1883 campus, Park Avenue and 70th Street[6]
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