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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM178S_city-hall_New-York-NY.html
New York's third city hall, one of its finest architectural treasures, was completed in 1811. Designed by French born J.R. Mangin and New York native John McComb, Jr. the building combines 18th-century French and English stylistic traditions. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16C6_african-burial-ground-national-monument_New-York-NY.html
A Place of Remembrance-(left side of the marker) From the 1690s until 1794, an estimated 15,000 enslaved and free Africans were laid to rest in the African Burial Ground. In 1991, during construction of the Ted Weiss Federal Building, 419 human sk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12SN_old-st-peters-church_New-York-NY.html
Here worships New York State's oldest Roman Catholic parish organized in 1785. The first church on this site built a year later, remained until 1836. The present building, whose Greek Revival design is attributed to Isaiah Rogers, was blessed by B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12B6_kings-college_New-York-NY.html
Founded by Royal Charter in 1754 in the reign of George II and re-established in 1784 by The People of the State of New York under the name of Columbia College occupied this site from August 1755 to May 1857
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVUR_the-rotunda_New-York-NY.html
A small domed Roman-style building named the Rotunda stood on this site 1813-1870. It was the city's first art museum and was erected to display panoramas painted by the artist, John Vanderlyn. At times the structure housed a Post Office, courts a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5T_george-frederick-cooke_New-York-NY.html
Acclaimed as one of the greatest actors of his day, Cooke played Richard III to an audience of 2,000 in New York. After his death, legends abounded that his skull was stolen from his coffin and secretly used in theater productions of Hamlet. In 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5S_bell-of-hope_New-York-NY.html
Accompanied by an honor guard of British police guards, the "Bell of Hope" was presented to the people of New York by the Lord Mayor of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury on September 11, 2002.
The Bell of Hope was created by England's ren…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5Q_the-fence_New-York-NY.html
After September 11th,thousands of visitors from around the world flooded the sidewalks around St. Paul's and posted ribbons, letters, photographs, and numerous personal items on the fence. People transformed the Chapel's wrought iron fence into a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5G_the-building_New-York-NY.html
Andrew Gauthier built St. Paul's Chapel in 1766 - a perfect example of Georgian Classic-Revival style architecture. Surrounded by farmland and orchard, this remote "country church" accommodated parishioners living on the outskirts of town. With th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5D_st-pauls-and-the-world-trade-center_New-York-NY.html
During the construction of the World Trade Center in 1970, St. Paul's built an entrance gate to the Chapel on Church Street. In anticipation of a new community across the street, St. Paul's dedicated the gate in 1975 to signify that all people wer…