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Standing Against All Odds St. Paul's Chapel has withstood adversity throughout its many years. On September 21, 1776, ten years after the Chapel opened, a raging fire swept through Lower Manhattan, destroying a quarter of the city, including Trin…
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St. Paul's Chapel - the Building Andrew Gauthier built St. Paul's Chapel in 1766 - a perfect example of Georgian Classis Revival-style architecture. Once surrounded by farmland and orchards, this remote "country church" (belonging to th…
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John Holt 1721-1784 Patriot printer In 1766, Holt founded and published The New York Journal. It was later known as The Independent Gazette.
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Lt. Col. E.M. Bechet Sieur de Rochefontaine 1755-1814 Revolutionary War Soldier A French officer who fought for American independence, Rochefontaine served under the French General Rochambeau during the Revolutionary War. He assisted in the ca…
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Tree of Hope Ground Zero workers helped plant this Norway spruce on November 22, 2003 in place of a giant sycamore tree that was struck down during the collapse of the World Trade Center. In a special Thanksgiving service, St. Paul's dedicated th…
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A Historic Landmark Opened in 1796 by the Episcopal Parish of Trinity Church, St. Paul's Chapel is the oldest public building in continuous and the only remaining Colonial-era church in Manhattan. In 1789 George Washington prayed at St. Paul's af…
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Dr. William James MacNeven 1763-1841 Supervisor of Hospitals for New York City An Irish Patriot, MacNeven came to America in 1805. He was instrumental in staving off cholera and smallpox epidemics in New York City. He is buried on the Riker Far…
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Honorable Thomas Addis Emmet 1764-1827 Irish patriot An activist for an independent Ireland, Emmet came to America in 1803 and was New York State Attorney General from 1812-1813. He is buried at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery. His monument fea…
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Bell of Hope In 2002 on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Bell of Hope was presented to the people of New York by the Lord Mayor of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was created by England's renowned Whitechapel Foundry, …
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This site marks the location of the first National Sunday School Convention October 1832 in the Chatham Street Chapel-Theatre.This 150th anniversary honors the millions of children and youth whose lives have been nurtured by the educational minist…
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