A picture of New York in 1850 : with a short account of places in its vicinity : designed as a guide to citizens and strangers ; with numerous engravings, and a map of the city . rch is not surpassed by anychurch in the city, and the building itself presents altoge-ther aa imposing appearance. The material of which thewalls are composed is a brownish sand stone ; and theCorinthian order is generally followed in the covers a large space of ground, being frcin outside tooutside, 132 feet in length and 80 feet in width. Theportico in front i? about 20 feet deep, and the pediment i
A picture of New York in 1850 : with a short account of places in its vicinity : designed as a guide to citizens and strangers ; with numerous engravings, and a map of the city . rch is not surpassed by anychurch in the city, and the building itself presents altoge-ther aa imposing appearance. The material of which thewalls are composed is a brownish sand stone ; and theCorinthian order is generally followed in the covers a large space of ground, being frcin outside tooutside, 132 feet in length and 80 feet in width. Theportico in front i? about 20 feet deep, and the pediment issupported by four large columns, which stand on a plat-form raised five or six feet from the ground, to a levelwith the floor of the main building. The edifice beingthus raised from the ground, presents a more sightlyappearance. The spire of the church is very lofty, being, as it isstated, 214 feet and six inches from the ground, and withthe exception of the spire of Trinity Church, is the highestin the city. The side walls of the church are considera-bly ornamented, and a heavy ballustrade passes around theroof. ; At the eastern end of the main building, and adjoining j. BAPTIST CHURCH, Broome Street CHURCHES IN NEW-YORK. 127 it, the Sabbath school room was erected in 1826. This isconsiderably narrower than the church, and consequentlynot seen much from the front, but is a long building, con-taining three Sunday school rooms, a vestry room, andother rooms for various societies and committees connect-ed with the church. Hudson Square, better known at this day as St. JohnsPark, is a fine large square in front of the church, extend-ing from Varick to Kudson-street, east and west, and fromBeach to Laight-street, north and south. It is not likemost of the ether squares in the city, a public promenade ;but the gates are kept locked, it being considered privateproperty. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, CORNER OF BROOME AND ELIZABETH STREETS. Erected in 184LThe former church edifice had been in
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