Item Details
St. Mark's Church
| Format | Postcard |
|---|---|
| Description | 2 pages |
| Language | English |
| City, State | New York, NY |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church |
| Subject | Fine Arts |
| Notes | Built in 1826, Tenth Street and 2nd Avenue. St Mark's Church is the old Colonial style of ecclesiastical architecture. The interior preserves old-time quaintness, and displays many memorial tablets. Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch Governor, lies buried in a vault beneath the eastern outer wall, where also repose the remains of Henry Sloughter, the English Royal Governor and Daniel Tompkins. The church was originally called "Two Mile-Stone Meeting House," being two miles from the centre of the city. The original church, organized in 1791, was torn down, and the present edifice erected in 1826. |
| Collection | James R. Tanis Collection of Church Postcards |
| Contributor | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Rights |  Copyright Not EvaluatedDigitized collections are made accessible for purposes of education and research.
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