. A picture of New-York in 1846; with a short account of places in its vicinity; designed as a guide to citizens and strangers .. . hat vicinity. A lot was purchased on the corner ofWashington Place and Wooster-street, fronting Washing-ton Square, and here has been erected a most superb edi-fice. The building is of dark coloured granite, ratherroughly hewn, and measuring 80 feet from the rear to thetower, and 62 feet wide. On each of the two front there is a tower 24 feet square, and running up some20 feet above the extreme point of the roof. A front viewof ihe building presents you w
. A picture of New-York in 1846; with a short account of places in its vicinity; designed as a guide to citizens and strangers .. . hat vicinity. A lot was purchased on the corner ofWashington Place and Wooster-street, fronting Washing-ton Square, and here has been erected a most superb edi-fice. The building is of dark coloured granite, ratherroughly hewn, and measuring 80 feet from the rear to thetower, and 62 feet wide. On each of the two front there is a tower 24 feet square, and running up some20 feet above the extreme point of the roof. A front viewof ihe building presents you with a large middle door andtwo smaller ones, one being in each tower. The gothicarchitecture in which the edifice was designed to be builtappears more prominently inside than outside. Inside areeight large pillars supporting the roof, and attached to thefront of the gallery, which is handsomely ornamented withcarved work. The organ is very elegant; and the organloft is raised some eight feet above the back of the , appearing somewhat like a second gallery. Theheight of the ceiling from the floor is 63 feet, and for so. DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,VVasiiiiiglon !?tiiiarc.
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