First Presbyterian Church -- NYC
LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
THE CITY'S EARLIEST PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION
ORGANIZED IN 1716, BUILT THIS CHURCH IN 1845
FROM PLANS BY JOSEPH C. WELLS AFTER WORSHIPING
FOR OVER 120 YEARS AT WALL AND NASSAU STREETS
THE MAIN EDIFICE IS MODELED AFTER THE CHURCH
OF ST SAVIOUR IN BATH, ENGLAND. THE TOWER
RESEMBLES THAT OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD.
PLAQUE ERECTED 1960 BY
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST