. How to know New York City : a serviceable and trustworthy guide, having its starting point at the Grand Union hotel, just across the street from the Grand Central depot. and White-house, and the Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks. Just beyond, on the samesquare, are the picturesque connected mansions of Dr. W. S. Webband Hamilton McK. Twombly, who married daughters of William Between East 52c! and 53d Streets is the West 54th and 55th Streets are the spacious buildings andgrounds of St. Lukes Hospital (open to visitors from 10 to 12, Tues-days, Thursdays, and Saturdays), wher
. How to know New York City : a serviceable and trustworthy guide, having its starting point at the Grand Union hotel, just across the street from the Grand Central depot. and White-house, and the Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks. Just beyond, on the samesquare, are the picturesque connected mansions of Dr. W. S. Webband Hamilton McK. Twombly, who married daughters of William Between East 52c! and 53d Streets is the West 54th and 55th Streets are the spacious buildings andgrounds of St. Lukes Hospital (open to visitors from 10 to 12, Tues-days, Thursdays, and Saturdays), where Episcopal Sisters of theHoly Communion attend the sick, without regard to their sect ornation. In this vicinity dwell several of the Standard-Oil Company mag-nates,— Henry M. Flagler at No. 685, William Rockefeller at , etc. At Wes\ 55th Street is the great Presbyterian Church formerlyunder Dr. John Halls ministration, the largest church of that sect inthe world, with a spire that is a landmark for a great distance. , just beyond West 56th Street, is the home of R. Fulton Cutting,—a very handsome piece of domestic architecture. At the lower corner. 104 How to Know New York. of West 57th Street is the handsome house built and some time occu-pied by the famous Mrs. Frederick W. Stevens, the immenselywealthy heiress of Josiah Sampson, who deserted her husband aftertwenty years of married life, and in 1886 married the Marquis deTalleyrand-Perigord, in Paris. The house now belongs to Secretary-of-the-Navy Whitney. On the other corner of West 57th Street isthe superb mansion of Cornelius Vanderbilt. A little way beyond is the beginning of Central Park, which formsone side of the avenue for over two miles and a half. The other sideis being built up with noble mansions, and will at some future time bethe most beautiful place of homes in America. At 60th Street is thebeautiful marble home of the Metropolitan Club. At No. 810, cornerof East 62d Street, is the town-house
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