Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 54th Street (West)
Fifth Avenue, west side, north from West 54th Street, showing prominently Dr. Hall's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church at the N. W. corner of 55th Street. Organized in 1808, their first church was erected on Cedar Street. The Rev. John Brodhead Romeyn became the first pastor, retaining his connection with the parish until his death in 1825. In common with all the earlier churches, the Cedar Street parish made several removals farther uptown; in 1834 to Duane Street; in 1852 to its first Fifth Avenue church, at the corner of 19th Street, when the corporate name was changed, and again, in 1875 to the present location. To the left is St. Lukes Hospital, occupying the Avenue frontage from 54th to 55th Street's. About 1885 Thru New York Historical Society
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
