Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities; . c Cathedral, 5th Avenue. Emaiinel (Jewish synagogue), 5th Avenue, cor. 48d St. Saracenic architecture in America; the interior is magnificently decorated in the Oriental style. Edncational and Charitable Institutions.—The number of these is so great that weshall not attempt to do more than mention a few of the more notable. There areupward of 400 schools and institutions of learning in the city, and 239 charitableinstitutions besides those administered by the Commissioners of Charity. The Uni-versity of the City of New York, on the E. side
Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities; . c Cathedral, 5th Avenue. Emaiinel (Jewish synagogue), 5th Avenue, cor. 48d St. Saracenic architecture in America; the interior is magnificently decorated in the Oriental style. Edncational and Charitable Institutions.—The number of these is so great that weshall not attempt to do more than mention a few of the more notable. There areupward of 400 schools and institutions of learning in the city, and 239 charitableinstitutions besides those administered by the Commissioners of Charity. The Uni-versity of the City of New York, on the E. side of Washington Square, is a grandGothic edifice of white marble, 200 by 100 ft. The chapel, with its noble window,50 ft. high and 24 ft. wide, is an extremely beautiful room. The University wasfounded in 1831, and in 1874 had 48 instructors and 426 students. Columbia Col-lege, Madison Avenue and 50th St., is the oldest college in the State, having beenchartered by George IT. in 1754. It moved into its present quarters in 1849, and NEW YORK CITY. 17. stands in the midst of picturesque grounds. It is richly endowed, and has a libraryof 23,000 volumes, and a museum. The College of the City of Neio York occupiesa handsome building at the cor. of 23d St. and Lexington Avenue. It is part of thecommon-school system, and is free. In 1874-75 there were 34 instructors and 824students. Its library numbers 22,000 volumes. The Normal College, cor. 4th Ave-nue and 69thSt., is also partof the com-mon-schoolsystem. Theedifice is un-surpassed byany similarstructure inthe is in thesecular Gothi(style, 300 , 125 and 70 , with ;ilofty and mas-sive Rut-gers FemaleCollege is ahandsomebuilding on 5th Avenue _ _ _ formal college. opposite the Distributing Reservoir. The Cooper Institute, lounded and endowedb} Peter Cooper, is a large brownstone building, six stories high and occupying theentire block bounded by 3d and 4th Avenues and 7th and 8th Sts.
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