Daytonian in Manhattan

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Showing posts with label St. Johns burial ground. Show all posts

Showing posts with label St. Johns burial ground. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Burying Ground Beneath the Ball Field -- James Walker Park

original source unknown In 1803 Trinity Church built the elegant St. John's Chapel on Varick Street to serve the affluent par...

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Tom Miller: Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..

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