TRINITY THROUGH THE YEARS
1697 King William III grants Trinity Charter.
1698 Trinity Church opens for first service. Construction is completed with use of tackle loaned by Captain Kidd, a Trinity pewholder.
1705 Queen Anne makes land grant for a “Church Farm” running from Broadway to the Hudson River and from Fulton to Christopher Streets.
1756 Cornerstone laid for first building of King’s College (later Columbia University); land granted by Trinity Church.
1766 St. Paul’s Chapel opens at Broadway and Fulton Street.
1776 “Great Fire” destroys first Trinity Church.
1789 President George Washington attends services at St. Paul’s Chapel on Inauguration Day, April 30.
1790 Second Trinity Church consecrated.
1843 Trinity Church Cemetery at Broadway and 155th Street opens.
1846 Third Trinity Church consecrated.
1871 Broadway extends northward and cuts through Trinity Church Cemetery dividing it into eastern and western divisions. A footbridge crossing Broadway was erected in 1871 but taken down in 1911.
1971 Trinity Grants Program established.
1976 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II visits Trinity.
1979 First mausoleum consecrated at Trinity Church Cemetery.
1997 300th anniversary celebration of the founding of Trinity Church.
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TRINITY CHURCH CEMETERY & MAUSOLEUM— A WALK THROUGH HISTORY
Welcome to Trinity Church Cemetery
& Mausoleum—a unique historical site and a quiet sanctuary. This guide provides a tour of the grounds. The cemetery offers a serene place to walk, views of the Hudson River, and is the final resting place of many notable people.
The Cemetery was established in 1842 by the parish of Trinity Church. It was opened after burials were prohibited in lower Manhattan due to outbreaks of cholera and other diseases. The site’s earlier history dates back to 1776, when the Battle of Fort Washington was waged here during the American Revolution.
As you walk the grounds, take note of some of the interesting people interred here and highlighted on the map. One recognizable name is John James Audubon, the naturalist and artist. His estate, Minniesland, was located nearby, and Audubon is buried in the Eastern division, behind the Church of the Intercession. His memorial is a tall, distinctive Celtic cross adorned with reliefs of animals such as deer, buffalo, and elk.
Other notable names include: Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son of Charles Dickens, John Jacob Astor, industrialist, Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, and Clement Clarke More, author of the beloved poem A Visit from St. Nicholas.
Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum is the only active cemetery in Manhattan. It is operated as an outreach ministry of Trinity Church Wall Street, an Episcopal parish in Lower Manhattan made up of Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel. You can learn more about the parish’s history and mission at trinitywallstreet.org.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING!
PLACES OF INTEREST NEARBYChurch of the Intercession Broadway and 155th Street (on the grounds of the eastern division of the cemetery)212.283.6200 | intercessionnyc.dioceseny.org
Originally built as an independent church, the Neo-Gothic structure that now stands was built as a chapel of Trinity Church. It was consecrated in 1915 and became independent from Trinity in 1976.
The NITCHEN Children’s Museum of Native America Located inside the Church of the Intercession 212.694.2240 | nitchenchildrensmuseum.org
A museum that offers programs about native cultures of today and the past for school groups.
The Hispanic Society of America Broadway between 155th & 156th Streets212.926.2234 | hispanicsociety.org
A free museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum 65 Jumel Terrace (between 160th & 162nd Streets, east of St. Nicholas Avenue)212.923.8008 | morrisjumel.org
Considered Manhattan’s oldest house, the mansion was once headquarters for General Washington in 1776. It was later purchased by French emigrant Stephen Jumel and his wife Eliza, who is buried in Trinity Cemetery. Eliza Jumel later married Aaron Burr, former U.S. Vice President.
The Cloisters (not shown on map)99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park212.923.3700 | metmuseum.org
A branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art that consists of a reconstructed medieval monastery and cloistered gardens containing medieval European art and architectural elements.
Fort Tryon Park (not shown on map)Riverside Drive to Broadway, West 192nd to Dyckman Streetsnycgovparks.org/parks/forttryonpark
Built in 1935 by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., son of the architect of Central Park and encompassing 66.63 acres. The park features the Heather Garden, which has panoramic views of the Hudson River, and the Alpine Garden, a 3-acre garden and collection of stone staircases that traverse the slope between the Cloisters and Broadway.
National Track & Field Hall of Fame Museum 216 Fort Washington Avenue (at 168th Street), 212.923.1803 | armorytrack.com
An interactive museum located at The Armory Foundation that surveys the history of track and field, including clips of Olympic moments.
The Little Red Lighthouse (not shown on map)Fort Washington Park (at 181st Street)212.304.2365
Immortalized in the book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge by Hildegard H. Swift and illustrated by Lynd Ward. The lighthouse’s real name is the Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse. It is open for tours from Spring thru Fall. Call ahead for tour schedules.
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Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum is located in Northern Manhattan at 770 Riverside Drive between 153rd Street and 155th Street.
DIRECTIONSBY CAR• North on the Henry Hudson Parkway (9A), take exit 13
toward West 158th Street. Continue on 158th Street. Turn right on Broadway and right at 153rd Street.
• South from the George Washington Bridge, take exit 1 for the Henry Hudson Parkway (9A), follow signs for Riverside Drive/Downtown. Continue on Riverside Drive. Turn left at 165th Street, right on Broadway, and right at 153rd Street.
BY SUBWAY• Take the C subway line to the 155th Street station stop.
Walk west on 155th Street toward Riverside Drive.
• Take the #1 subway line to the 157th Street station stop. Walk south to 155th Street and west to Riverside Drive.
BY BUS• Take the M4 or M5 to Broadway and West 153rd Street.
HOURS9am–4pm
CONTACT USat 212.368.1600 or [email protected]
Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum770 Riverside Drive • New York, NY 10032
trinitywallstreet.org/cemetery
The Rev. Dr. William Lupfer, Rector The Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, Vicar
A Guide to St. Paul's Chapel
A GUIDE TO Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum
EN
GLIS
H
WE
STE
RN
DIV
ISION
(The first three people are in
terred in the M
ausoleu
ms)
Ralp
h Elliso
n w
as the au
thor
most fam
ous for h
is novel Invisible
Man
, wh
ich w
on th
e 1953 Nation
al B
ook Aw
ard. T
he R
alph E
llison
Mem
orial, featurin
g a 15-foot high
Invisible M
an sculp
ture, is n
earby at 150th
Street and R
iverside D
rive.
Jerry Orb
ach B
was an
actor best kn
own
for his lon
g role on “L
aw an
d O
rder” an
d “Hom
icide: L
ife on th
e Street.” O
rbach brou
ght to life the
roles of Ed G
allo in “T
he Fan
tasticks,” B
illy Flyn
n in
“Ch
icago,” and Ju
lian
Marsh
in “42n
d Street.”
Located in
the C
hap
el is Bo
oker
T. Washing
ton III
C. H
e is the
grand
son of B
ooker T. W
ashin
gton,
the h
ead of the Tu
skegee Institu
te w
ho w
as born in
to slavery and freed
durin
g the C
ivil War.
On the pathw
ay outside the mausoleu
ms
is a beautiful m
onum
ent with colu
mn
s for R
ichard Sand
s , a circu
s im
presario famou
s for walkin
g on the ceilin
g with suction cups.
Just n
orth of the last mau
soleum
, dow
n the h
ill and n
ear the stone w
all, are tw
o interesting m
arkers. Again
st the w
all is E. P. D
utton
, pu
blisher an
d foun
der of E.P. D
utton &
Co.,
wh
ich started as a bookseller in B
oston
and expan
ded to New
York. In the
1860s, the compan
y began pu
blishin
g books as w
ell as selling them
.
In fron
t of Du
tton’s marker is on
e for C
lement C
larke Mo
ore
, au
thor
of the h
oliday favorite A
Visit from
St. N
icholas (’Twas the night before
Christm
as). Moore w
as the son
of B
ishop B
enjam
in M
oore, sixth R
ector of T
rinity P
arish. A
n an
nu
al readin
g of M
oore’s famou
s poem
takes place at T
he C
hurch
of the In
tercession,
followed by a procession
to his grave
to lay a wreath
. Clem
ent M
oore don
ated land from
his estate for th
e G
eneral T
heological Sem
inary in
the
Ch
elsea neigh
borhood of M
anh
attan.
Beh
ind th
e Sand
s mon
um
ent,
in th
e same tract, is The R
t. Rev.
Benjam
in T. Ond
erdo
nk ,
Fourth
Bish
op of New
York. A
cen
otaph m
emorial to O
nd
erdonk
can be fou
nd in
the M
onu
men
t Room
of A
ll Saints’ C
hap
el insid
e Trin
ity C
hurch
, Broad
way at W
all Street.
Followin
g the p
ath arou
nd tow
ard th
e East, ju
st at the tu
rn, is an
above-grou
nd m
ausoleu
m for A
braham
O
akey Hall 5
, Mayor of N
ew Y
ork C
ity 1869-1872, and alleged
ly part of
the vilifi
ed Tweed R
ing. P
reviously
he h
ad served as a District A
ttorney
of New
York from
1855-1858. Later in
life, h
e defen
ded th
e famou
s femin
ist an
d anarch
ist Em
ma G
oldm
an
against ch
arges of incitin
g to riot in
New
York C
ity. His m
iddle n
ame h
as been
spelled as O
akey and O
akley.
Con
tinu
e on th
e roadw
ay and a
little over halfw
ay down
, on th
e left, is a m
ostly illegible head
stone for
Samuel B
. Rug
gles 6
, a lawyer
wh
o infl
uen
ced the d
evelopmen
t of G
ramercy P
ark and U
nion
Square.
He also served on
the com
mission
to exp
and th
e Erie C
anal an
d build th
e E
rie Railroad
.
There are a several A
stor vaults
in the cem
etery, inclu
din
g one for
John J. A
stor 7
, considered the
first m
ulti-m
illionaire in
the U
nited
States. Relatives of Joh
n Jacob A
stor are also bu
ried here, in
clud
ing A
stor’s great gran
dson
John
Jacob Astor IV
, w
ho p
erished on
the T
itanic, his
wife, M
adelin
e Force Astor, w
ho
survived th
e Titanic, an
d his son
,
John
Jacob Astor V
I. Across th
e road is a m
ausoleu
m m
arked W
illiam A
stor 8
.
In th
e same area is a very prom
inen
t above-grou
nd m
ausoleu
m for th
e C
isco Fam
ily 9, a w
ealthy fin
ance
family. Joh
n J. C
isco was A
ssistant
Secretary of the T
reasury u
nd
er P
resident L
incoln
and a T
rinity
Chu
rch vestryman
.
Follow th
e road aroun
d the corn
er an
d you’ll see a hillsid
e vault m
arked
Jumel
for Eliza B
owen
Jum
el, wife
of a wealthy Fren
ch w
ine m
erchant. A
fter his death, she m
arried Aaron
B
urr, th
e controversial th
ird Vice
Presid
ent of th
e Un
ited States. T
he M
orris-Jum
el Man
sion,
consid
ered the old
est hou
se in
Man
hattan
, is nearby betw
een
160th Street an
d 162nd Street,
east of St. Nich
olas Aven
ue.
A little fu
rther dow
n th
e road on th
e right is a tablet m
emorial to O
liver E
vans , an
engin
eer and w
riter.
If you cross th
e road, h
ike up
the h
ill a bit, and are in
trepid,
you m
ight spot th
e tombston
e for Jo
hn Aug
ustus Shea , a p
oet.
His p
oem, T
he Ocean
, is inscribed
on th
e marker. U
nfortu
nately, m
ost of it is n
ot legible. It is said that Sh
ea h
elped E
dgar A
llen P
oe get his p
oem
The R
aven publish
ed.
Find th
e road again an
d follow it all
the w
ay up to th
e north
eastern en
d of th
e Cem
etery groun
ds. O
ff on its ow
n
is a simple an
d beautifu
l head
stone
for Alfred
Tennyson D
ickens ,
son of n
ovelist Ch
arles Dicken
s (O
liver Twist, A
Christm
as Carol), an
d god
son of p
oet Alfred, L
ord Tenn
yson.
Alfred D
ickens w
as visiting N
ew Y
ork to celebrate th
e centen
nial of h
is fath
er’s birth w
hen
he d
ied sudd
enly.
Trin
ity Chu
rch offered to h
old a fu
neral an
d provide a bu
rial space.
Back on
the road
, walkin
g south
an
d to the right is a tall m
onu
men
t for E
benezer R
ob
ert Dup
ignac
. A
lthou
gh th
ere are several Eben
ezer D
upign
acs buried h
ere, it is un
clear w
heth
er E.R
. Du
pignac Jr., w
ho
played on th
e first profession
al baseball team
, the K
nickerbocker
Base B
all Clu
b, is interred h
ere.
Turn
right on th
e path
and a sh
ort w
ay down
on th
e left is Samuel
Seabury
, a descen
dan
t of the fi
rst A
merican
Episcop
al Bish
op. Seabury
served on th
e New
York Su
preme
Cou
rt. In th
e 1930s he h
eaded th
e Seabu
ry Com
mission
to investigate
city corrup
tion. H
is investigation
s fou
ght Tam
man
y Hall an
d lead to the
resignation
of mayor Jim
my W
alker.
Followin
g the p
ath arou
nd
again to th
e south
east corner is a tall
mon
um
ent to R
ichard F. C
arman
, a real estate m
agnate an
d nam
esake of th
e area in M
anh
attan called
Carm
ansville, w
hich
was rou
ghly
between
130th Street to th
e north
end
of the Islan
d and betw
een 8th
Aven
ue
and th
e Hu
dson
River. C
arman
was
involved in
rebuild
ing after th
e 1835 N
ew Y
ork fire. H
e sold 23 acres to T
rinity C
hurch
for this cem
etery.
Next to C
armen
is Gard
ner Avery
Sage
, said to be a detailed m
ap m
aker.
EA
STE
RN
DIV
ISION
On
ce you’ve crossed Broad
way
and w
alked to the back of th
e C
hurch
of the In
tercession, th
e first
mon
um
ent you’ll see is p
erhap
s the
most im
pressive in th
e cemetery—
th
e tall, ornate m
onu
men
t to John
James A
udub
on
. A n
aturalist,
ornith
ologist, and artist, kn
own
for h
is stud
y and accu
rate pain
tings
of birds, A
udu
bon’s book, Birds of
Am
erica, became a ren
own
ed catalog of m
any sp
ecies. Part of h
is 19th-
centu
ry farm, M
inn
iesland
, was
adjacent to T
rinity C
emetery. T
he
un
ique m
onu
men
t markin
g his grave
features carvin
gs of various an
imals.
Follow th
e path
aroun
d the C
hurch
an
d turn
left going sou
th. O
n
one corn
er tract is anoth
er tall m
onu
men
t to Fernando
Wo
od
,
Dem
ocratic mayor of N
ew Y
ork C
ity from 1855-1858 an
d 1860-1862. H
e also served in th
e Hou
se of R
epresentatives from
1841-1843, 1863-1865, an
d 1867-1881. Wood w
as a C
opp
erhead
, or symp
athizer w
ith
the C
onfed
eracy durin
g the C
ivil War,
and su
ggested New
York seced
e from
the U
nion
to protect the city’s trad
e w
ith th
e Con
federacy in
cotton.
Walk sou
th tow
ard the w
all to see a th
ird tall mon
um
ent to W
illiam
Aug
ustus Darling
, U
.S. R
epublican
Con
gressman
from
1865-1867 representin
g New
York
in th
e U.S. H
ouse of R
epresentatives.
Take th
e path
aroun
d and tow
ard th
e east. If you feel like clim
bing
the slopin
g hill to th
e top of th
e mou
nd
, you’ll fin
d a fenced
area that con
tains th
e grave of R
ob
ert Bo
wne M
inturn , a
ship
ping m
erchan
t and ow
ner of th
e fam
ous clip
per sh
ip Flying C
loud.
He w
as amon
g the fi
rst to propose
Cen
tral Park, an
d along w
ith h
is wife,
donated lan
d for its establishm
ent.
He w
as also a foun
der of St. Lu
ke’s H
ospital and th
e Association
for Im
proving th
e Con
dition
of the P
oor.
Hike dow
n th
e mou
nd an
d walk
toward th
e far eastern p
art of the
Cem
etery (toward A
msterd
am
Aven
ue). H
ere a plaque m
arks the M
idd
le Red
oub
t of B
attle of
Washing
ton H
eights
, wh
ere som
e of the “fi
ercest fightin
g of th
e Battle of W
ashin
gton H
eights” took place.
Not far aw
ay is the h
eadston
e for E
dw
ard I. K
och
, a three-term
M
ayor of New
York C
ity from 1978
to 1989. Koch
was fam
ous for askin
g p
eople “How
’m I doin’?” abou
t his
adm
inistration
. Previou
s to his tim
e as m
ayor he served in
the U
.S. Hou
se of R
epresentatives from
1969 to 1977.
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