Second Temple of Trinity Church
This is the second temple of Trinity Church in New York, in 1828 or before. The first temple was destroyed in 1776. The second temple was completed in 1790 and demolished, in 1839, due to structural problems.
The illustration above was engraved by James Eddy, Wall Street, from a drawing by A.J. Davis. It was published in The New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette, Volume V, printed in 1828.
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Second Temple of Trinity Church