. Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings . View on Fifth Avenue, corner of ZMh-street, looking T. Stewarts residence, and the Brick (late Dr. Springs) Church in the The Masonic Temple, corner Sixth Avenue and Tdd-street. Built of Rhode IslaDd granite, fireproof on a iot 100 x 140 feet, five stories high,with a dome 50 feet square, and rising 155 feet above the pavement. The GrandLodge Hall, 84x90 feet, and 30 feet high, will seat 1,200. The fifth story is devotedexclusively to the Knights Templars, and is believed to be the most complete ever con-struct
. Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings . View on Fifth Avenue, corner of ZMh-street, looking T. Stewarts residence, and the Brick (late Dr. Springs) Church in the The Masonic Temple, corner Sixth Avenue and Tdd-street. Built of Rhode IslaDd granite, fireproof on a iot 100 x 140 feet, five stories high,with a dome 50 feet square, and rising 155 feet above the pavement. The GrandLodge Hall, 84x90 feet, and 30 feet high, will seat 1,200. The fifth story is devotedexclusively to the Knights Templars, and is believed to be the most complete ever con-structed. Corner-stone was laid in June, 1870, and was four years in building. Lotco=t $340,000. and building nearly ha1a million. AND PHILADELPHIA. 9 New York, Its Early History. Manhattan Island, now known as the•city of New York, was first discovered, inthe year 1G09, by Henry Hudson, an En-glish navigator, and about fifteen ortwenty Dutch and English sailors, whowere sent out by the Dutch East IndiaCompany to search out a northern pas-sage to the East Indies, and on the 4th ofSeptember landed at what is now knownas the Battery. They set sail for Holland on the 4th ofOctober, filled with delight and
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