. A picture of New-York in 1846; with a short account of places in its vicinity; designed as a guide to citizens and strangers .. . d by a skylight 25 feet in granite columns cost ,*$3,000 each. They are thelargest whole columns in the world, with the exception ofa church in St. Petersburgh. The rotunda is 80 feet indiameter, and will hold 3,000 persons. The architect wasIsaiah Rogers. The building cost a little more than a mil-lion of dollars, It belongs to a corporation,—and has beenso far a losing investment, although its rooms commandenormous rents. It contains a very extensiv
. A picture of New-York in 1846; with a short account of places in its vicinity; designed as a guide to citizens and strangers .. . d by a skylight 25 feet in granite columns cost ,*$3,000 each. They are thelargest whole columns in the world, with the exception ofa church in St. Petersburgh. The rotunda is 80 feet indiameter, and will hold 3,000 persons. The architect wasIsaiah Rogers. The building cost a little more than a mil-lion of dollars, It belongs to a corporation,—and has beenso far a losing investment, although its rooms commandenormous rents. It contains a very extensive reading roomfor merchant subscribers, accessible only to the strangerby introduction from a member. The Chamber of Com-merce holds its sessions here, and the Board of Brokersoccupy the rotunda at certain hours of the day, Thestranger may visit all parts of the building. POST OFFICE. The Post Office building, formerly the Middle DutchChurch, is situated in Nassau-street, between Cedar andLiberty streets. This building has stood over a hundredand fifty years—and nine generations have worshipped at its MtRCHANTS VVallStreei !as8 3«. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 33 altar. It is not generally known, that its steeple, and muchof its interior wood work, was brought from the Revolutionary war, most of the churches wereused by the British, and many of them much injured, butthis church suffered most, being used successively as ariding school, a prison and a hospital. In 1790, it was re-paired and used for public worship again. The UnitedStates government have recently converted it into a PostOffice, paying for its use the annual rent of five thousanddollars. It now presents the appearance of a Post Office inthe heart o{ a grave yard ; a circumstance quite character-istic of New-York enterprise. The numerous signs whichappear on the building, point out the various points of com-munication with the interior. Its internal arrangementsare very extensive and commodious.
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