. Scenes of modern New York . GRACE CHURCH (EPISCOPAL) Broadway and 10th Street was erected in1845. It is built of white limestone in Gothic style and is one of the finest churchedifices in the city. The spire is particularly graceful and contains a melodiouschime of bells. A rectory, harmonious in design, adjoins the church. ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL (ROMAN CATHOLIC) 5th Avenue, 50thand 51st streets, is the most beautiful church edifice in America, and ranks withfamous cathedrals in foreign lands. It is built of white marble. The structurealone cost $2,000, TRINITY CHURCH, Broadway at the h
. Scenes of modern New York . GRACE CHURCH (EPISCOPAL) Broadway and 10th Street was erected in1845. It is built of white limestone in Gothic style and is one of the finest churchedifices in the city. The spire is particularly graceful and contains a melodiouschime of bells. A rectory, harmonious in design, adjoins the church. ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL (ROMAN CATHOLIC) 5th Avenue, 50thand 51st streets, is the most beautiful church edifice in America, and ranks withfamous cathedrals in foreign lands. It is built of white marble. The structurealone cost $2,000, TRINITY CHURCH, Broadway at the head of Wall Street. The presentstructure is of brown sandstone in Gothic style, and was completed in 1847. Thechurch society is the richest in America, and maintains besides the parent church,eight chapels, schools, a dispensary hospital, and a long list of charitable enter-prises, TRINITY CHURCH INTERIOR. The bronze doors which adorn the en-trance were given by William Waldorf Astor in memory of his father, John JacobAstor. The altar and reredos were presented by John Jacob Astor and WilliamAstor in memory of their father, William Astor. The reredos alone cost $100,000.
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