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University Place Presbyterian Church
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The University Place Presbyterian Church was officially established in 1845 by members of the Duane Street Presbyterian Church who wished for a community further uptown. With more than $60,000 in donations (or subscriptions), the new parish purchased a plot at the corner of University Place and 10th Street from the managers of Sailors' Snug Harbor who owned this and much of the surrounding acreage. The parish commissioned famed architect Richard Upjohn to design their new home. Rendered in an English Gothic style with soaring spire, the church was dedicated in June 1845. In the ensuing decades, the once wealthy surrounding neighborhood began to decline as well-to-do New Yorkers moved further uptown. The church merged with Mercer Street Church in 1870 while continuing to use this edifice. Further financial struggles due to declining membership necessitated the 1918 merger of this church and the Madison Square Presbyterian into the nearby Old First Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue and 12th Street. In 1927 the old church was razed and in its place, the Devonshire House, a 14-story apartment building, was erected the following year.
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28 East 10th Street
28-30 East 10th Street. General exterior.
University Place Presbyterian Church
Manhattan: University Place - 8th Street University Place, east side, from 10th to 8th Streets, showing the University Place Presbyterian Church (1845) on the S.E. corner of 10th Street, and the Hotel Lafayette (fomerly Hotel Martin) on the S.E. corner of 9th Street. The vacant 1ot on the N.E. corner of 10th Street was left by the demolition (since 1902) of 65 University Place (old No. 35) and 23 East 10th Street. This lot will remain vacant till nearly 1925, when a 6-story building will be erected on it. April 18, 1906. Brown Brothers.
University Place Presbyterian Church
University Place and 10th Street. University Place Presbyterian Church.
University Place Presbyterian Church
Manhattan: University Place - 10th Street University Place Presbyterian Church, University Place at S.E. corner of 10th Street, organized and erected in 1845 by a colony from the Duane Street church. In 1870 the Mercer street church sold its building and merged with this congregation. Thirteen months after the date of this picture this church will be demolished; and a 12-story apartment building called Devonshire House will be erected on the site. 47 University Place, the little parish house adjoining the church, will also be demolished. 28 and 34 East 10th Street, the 11-and 10-story loft buildings adjoining the church,and sandwiching old 32 East 10th Street between them, were erected not long before 1910. April, 1926. MAY BE REPRODUCED. NEG. #577
University Place Presbyterian Church
Manhattan: University Place - 9th Street (1) University Place, east side, from the N.E. corner of 10th Street to the S.E. corner of 9th Street, inclusive, showing demolition of the old University Place Presbyterian Church (1845) on the S.E. corner of 10th Street. The Hotel Lafayette, owned by Raymond Orteig, is shown on the S.E. corner of 9th Street. Mr. Orteig was offering a cash prize for the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris; it was won by Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., who took off from Roosevelt Field only three days after the date of this picture. May 17, 1927. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, showing Devonshire House, the new 12-story apartment building just completed on the site of the church and parish house. This view also shows University Place on the east side all the way to 8th Street. February 12, 1928. P. L. Sperr.
University Place Presbyterian Church
Manhattan: University Place - 9th Street (1) University Place, east side, from the N.E. corner of 10th Street to the S.E. corner of 9th Street, inclusive, showing demolition of the old University Place Presbyterian Church (1845) on the S.E. corner of 10th Street. The Hotel Lafayette, owned by Raymond Orteig, is shown on the S.E. corner of 9th Street. Mr. Orteig was offering a cash prize for the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris; it was won by Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., who took off from Roosevelt Field only three days after the date of this picture. May 17, 1927. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, showing Devonshire House, the new 12-story apartment building just completed on the site of the church and parish house. This view also shows University Place on the east side all the way to 8th Street. February 12, 1928. P. L. Sperr.
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