Kings Views Of New York - VI

More great photos from the "Kings Views of New York". Click on the "See Large" link beneath each photo to see it in much greater detail.




(See LARGE)
Trinity Church - head of Wall St.; wealthiest parish in America; finest, pure Gothic architecture; erecteed 1846 on site of original church (1697); churchyard, 391.5 ft. front on B'way, average depth to Trinity Pl., 243 ft.; land worth $40,000,000; tombs of Alexander Hamilton, Robert Fulton, Martyr's Monument, tombstone of 1681. Morgan Dix Memorial Chapel erected 1913.


(See LARGE)
Trinity Building, 111 Broadway, and U.S. Realty Building, 115 Broadway - twin offices in English Gothic, assessed at $11,900,000; frontage, 129.5 ft.; 260 to 275 ft. deep; 552,873 sq. ft. floor area; each building rests on 70 pneumatic cassions, sunk 75 ft.; steel frame of Realty Building erected by Geo. A. Fuller Co. in 63 days, stone work in 146 days, trim, 45 days.


(See LARGE)
Adams Building, 57 - 61 Broadway - 32 stories, 486 ft. high, 105 ft. frontage on Broadway, 209 ft. on Tin Pot Alley; Francis H. Kimball, architect; cost $2,000,000. Chase National Bank, founded '77, on ground floor; deposits, $115,623,000; A.H. Wiggin, President.


(See LARGE)
Curb Market - Broad St. looking toward Sub-Treasury on Wall St. and the Nassau St. end of the Equitable Bldg.; unique open-air market for the sale of stocks that are not listed on the exchanges; scene of great animation daily from 10 am. to 3 pm.


(See LARGE)
Bankers Trust Building - Wall St., N.W. cor. Nassau; 39 stories, 540 ft. high; on site of Gillender Building, 19 stories, 1897 - 1910; site cost $825 sq. ft.; highest price ever paid anywhere in world; $93,000,000 in deposits; E.C. Converse, Pres.


(See LARGE)
Cotton Exchange - Beaver and Williams Sts.; organized 1870; $1,000,000 building occupied 1885; 450 members; E.K. Cone, President. America produced in 1913 14,128,902 bales of world's supply of 16,500,000; exported 8,235,687.


(See LARGE)
National City Bank - built 1841 for Merchants' Exchange; Custom House, '62-'07; bought for $3,265,000; four stories added for $3,000,000; bank founded 1812; capital and surplus, $62,000,000; deposits, $190,000,000. F.A. Vanderlip, Pres.


...to be continued.