Identifier: millersnewyorkas00durs (find matches)
Title: Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913- former owner. NNC
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Publisher: New York : J. Miller
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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of Christian liberality to sucha spirit. Rev. Dr. Lawrence is the rector. FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Is situated corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty-fifthstreet, and in point of beauty and grandeur is unsur-passed by any church edifice in this city. It is con-structed of New Jersey stone, has four immensetowers, the principal one of which, with its spire, risesto a height of 300 feet, and is the highest in the coun-try. The style of the exterior is early English, theinterior having a more modern appearance. The audi-torium affords a seating accommodation for 2,000 peo-ple, and its acoustic properties are said to be the mostperfect. Particular attention wTas also given to itsproper ventilation; one of the towers, being hollowfrom top to bottom, forms an air-shaft down whichthe air is drawn by a fan in the cellar, worked by asteam-engine of nominally two-horse power. Thepews, gallery fronts, and all the interior wood-work ismade of polished ash. Rev. Dr. John Hall is the min-ister.
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CITY OF HEW YORK. 89 JEWISH TEMPLE, Corner Fifth avenue and Forty-third street CALVARY CHURCH (Episcopal), on the corner of Fourth Avenue and 21ststreet, was erected in 1847, at the cost of $80,000. Itpresents a picturesque appearance, being built of brownstone. The interior is very spacious and cathedral-like.Adjoining the church is the rectory, also in the Gothicstyle. THE NEW ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL, On the Fifth Avenue and 50th street, now in processof erection, will, when finished, become the crowningarchitectural ornament of the city. CHURCH OF ALL SOULS (Unitarian), corner of Fourth Avenue and 20th street,is an eccentric and remarkable edifice, being built inthe style of the Italian churches of the middle ages, ofbrick and delicate cream-colored stone in alternatecourses. Adjoining the church, on 20th street, is theparsonage. Included in the design is to be a spire, orcampanile, 300 feet high. The Eev. Dr. Bellows is theminister. THE TABERNACLE CHURCH (Baptist), in Second Avenue

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