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1. What is the oldest Church in NYC, and NYC's oldest original standing structure ?
3. A Church on Beekman street was the quarantine boundary of the yellow fever panic. This Church and graveyard were at the northeast corner of Beekman and Nassau, which is now under the Pace building. What downtown Church marked the northern boundary of the yellow fever quarantine ?
6. John Street Church was organized in 1767, in a Barrack Street space then in a loft at 120 William Street. It's own building was built on John Street (between Nassau and William Streets) in 1768. John Street Church was the first Church in NYC and America that was for what religious sect ?
8. The Stuyvesant Tomb is located under the SE end of a NYC Church that was built between the years 1795-1799. What Church could be NYC's second oldest original standing structure?
11. A Synagogue between Houston and Stanton Streets, at 172 Norfolk Street is a 1849 neo-gothic temple and the oldest building built as a Synagogue in New York City. What is this rare LES (Lower East Side) synagogue that was not a former church ?
13. Pre 1866 the Church of the Divine Paternity at Fifth Avenue and 45th Street was home to the Horace Greeley funeral, and PT Barnum's 2nd marriage. This Church became the Fourth Universalist Society. What 1868 Episcopal Church (that moved to 5th Avenue and 90th street) was across the Avenue at Fifth Avenue and 45th Street until 1926 ?
15. The Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue is home to the oldest Russian Jew Orthodox congregation in America (founded in 1852). The Romaniote's were descended from Jewish slaves from Jerusalem who were transported to Greece by Roman Emperor Titus in 70AD. The Kehila Kedosha Janina off Allen street is the only US synagogue that runs a Greek/Judeo service. What Lower East Side street is this Romaniote synagogue on ?
16. What celebrity's red brick, 3 story house once stood at #21 Fifth Avenue in 1904. He died in 1910 and is buried in Elmira, NY. His Fifth Avenue home was built in 1840 by James Renwick who built Grace Church in 1846 and St. Patricks Cathedral in 1879. What is this famous writers name ?
17. St. Mary's Church at 440 Grand Street is the third Catholic Church in New York City after St. Peter's and the old St. Patrick's. St. Mary's Church was first opened in 1826 on what NYC Street ?
18. The Church of the Ascension at Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street was built 1840-1841, designed by Richard Upjohn. The First Presbyterian Church was a Gothic church that was dedicated in 1846. The Collegiate Reformed Church at 592 5th Ave was built in 1859, it became the Church of St. Nicholas. The first Church on 5th Avenue was a prominent Presbyterian church, called the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. It was built in 1808, the church was rebuilt in 1873-75, and again in 1925. What was this first 5th Avenue Church's cross street ?
19. The 1815 Old St Patrick's Cathedral at 263 Mulberry St (at Prince) was NYC's first Church of this faith. It was NYC's first Cathedral Church. What faith was observed at the Old St Patrick's Cathedral ?
20. Two Native American statues were created by Solon Borglum, on St. Marks Church. Solon Borglum's brother Gutzon carved the heads on Mount Rushmore. One of the Native American statues on St. Marks Church was named Aspiration. What was the other statue named ?
21. A Moorish, Romanesque, and Gothic styled Synagogue (with a 70-foot-high vaulted ceiling) was erected in 1886 and openned in 1887 in the Lower East Side. Celebrities that observed services at this Synagogue included Eddie Cantor, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson. What is the name of this magnificent Synagogue ?
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2. Marble Collegiate Church was first called the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Church (built 1851-54). It's name changed in 1906 to honor the marble blocks it was made of. What NYC town did the marble come from ?
4. The 1st NYC Church was a wooden gambrel roofed building built in 1633, facing the East river on Pearl street. It replaced the empty loft in the mill on William street, where they conducted services for the first 5 years. What was the only major road in old NYC that never had a Church built on it ?
5. Samuel Provoost was the rector of the first Trinity Church from 1784 until 1800. Benjamin Moore was the rector of the second Trinity Church, consecrated on March 5. 1801. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright was the rector of the second Trinity Church in 1838. A third Trinity Church was built in 1846, after snowfall during the winter of 1839 made the second Trinity Church unsound. The first Trinity was built in 1697, and was destroyed in the great fire of 1776. Who was the first rector of Trinity Church in 1698 ?
7. The Henry Street Church called St. Augustine, had slave galleries where slaves could sit and pray (for freedom). Edgar Allan Poe worshiped at St. Augustine Church. What notorious politician had to sneak into the Church and hide in the slave gallery to observe his Mothers funeral because he recently escaped from Ludlow street jail ?
9. The first French Protestant Church (Eglise francaise a la Nouvelle York) was devoted exclusively to French services. This Church was on Pettycoat Lane (later renamed Marketfield Street). The second French Protestant Church called Eglise du St. Esprit, was erected in 1704, on King Street. What is King Street called today ?
10. Bialystoker Synagogue was built in 1826 as the Willett Street Church from the quarry stones of Mount Pitt. This Episcopal Church was a stop on the Underground Railroad. The Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue at 60 Norfolk Street between Broome and Grand Streets is a 1850 Alanson Church of the same faith. What branch of Christianity was the Willett Street Church ?
12. The $200,000 original ransom for a department store pioneer's body was paid by his widow three years after it was dug up from Saint Marks Church on November 6, 1878. She whittled it down to $20,000 in the three years of negotiating the deal for his bones. What was this department store pioneer's name ?
14. A current movie theatre in the Lower East Side was originally constructed as a Dutch Reformed Protestant church (which became a German Evangelical Mission church in 1844). This Lower East Side building afterwards was a German meeting hall, then in 1908 it was home to a boxing venue called the Houston Athletic Club. In 1909 this old Church was turned into a ten cent nickelodeon and a Yiddish vaudeville theater called Houston Hippodrome. From 1917 to 1945 this movie theatre used its current name. What is the current name of this historic movie theatre ?
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