tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post3205323544322175719..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost 1846 St. John's in the VillageTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-19709706491109389792016-02-25T16:38:27.048-08:002016-02-25T16:38:27.048-08:00I was baptized at St. John's in 1943 and prese...I was baptized at St. John's in 1943 and presented for Ordination by the parish 27 years later,<br />I was due to come back and preach on what turned out to be the Sunday following the fire, but the invitation was withdrawn. <br />During the rebuilding, the congregation met in the Chapel of St. Vincent's Hospital, down the street at Greenwich Avenue.<br />-Father Peter J. D'Alesandre The Sarum Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716719878039597402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-57160929787334666622015-12-07T21:00:08.399-08:002015-12-07T21:00:08.399-08:00That spread wing eagle above the portico turned ou...That spread wing eagle above the portico turned out to be bronze, it doesn't appear in a 1930 photo so it must have been put up there in the 1930s, wonder where it wound up!delete mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427124027323406531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-51295744835549132072015-12-06T13:42:54.464-08:002015-12-06T13:42:54.464-08:00I wouldn't call that ugly new replacement faca...I wouldn't call that ugly new replacement facade a "nod" to anything, what a shame they didn't just rebuild the facade like it was! I remember that original portico remained standing after the fire.delete mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427124027323406531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-87493776438623436642015-12-06T13:40:32.565-08:002015-12-06T13:40:32.565-08:00I remember exploring the burned-out ruins, I was 1...I remember exploring the burned-out ruins, I was 11 at the time and a friend and I went exploring, I remember the ground floor had caved into the basement and we found some kind of cabinets that had lots of what I now know were glass lantern slide pictures of buildings and street scenes, but some clergy guy came in from a doorway and told us to get out.<br />Wonder what happened to the eagle and the carvings on the columns.delete mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427124027323406531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-32470779128265978212015-03-30T16:09:32.663-07:002015-03-30T16:09:32.663-07:00The Rev. Dr. Francis Vinton, of Trinity Episcopal ...The Rev. Dr. Francis Vinton, of Trinity Episcopal Church, was married to the daughter of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. He was also professor at the General Seminary in Chelsea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com