Manhattan: Oliver Street - Henry Street
(1)
Oliver Street, east side, south from but not including Chatham
Square, to and including Henry Street. The Baptist Mariners
Temple is shown on the N.E. corner of Oliver at Henry Streets. with Public School No. 1 on the S.E. corner.
June 12, 1931.
P. L. Sperr.
(2)
The same, as seen from the Second and Third Aves., Elevated
Station at Chatham Square.
September 7, 1927.
P. L. Sperr.
(3)
A view similar to No. 2, but in the opposite direction and showing
the Henry Street side of the Church. The Oliver Street Baptist
Temple was erected here in 1795 and was rebuilt in 1800 and again in
1819. It burned at a later date and was restored in 1843. It was
known as the Mariner's Temple in 1909. Today (1937) it is the
Evangelical Italian Church.
1924.
Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.