The Great Fire of New York was a devastating fire that burned through the night of September 20, 1776, and into the morning of September 21, on the West Side of what then constituted New York City at
A contemporaneous artist's interpretation of the fire, published in 1776
A panoramic view of New York in the wake of the fire which virtually destroyed the city
St. Paul's Chapel
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St. Paul's Chapel is a chapel building of Trinity Church, an Episcopal parish, at 209 Broadway, between Fulton Street and Vesey Street, in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1766, it is the olde
Great Fire of New York (1776)
…in existence at the time. Among the buildings destroyed was Trinity Church, the rebuilding of which became a symbol of resilience for New Yorkers; St. Paul's Chapel survived. Howe's report to London implied that the fire was deliberately set: "a most bad attempt was made by several wretches to burn the town." Royal…
St. Paul's Chapel in Manhattan
Interior of St. Paul's Chapel in 2012
From left to right: St. Paul's Chapel, Astor House, U.S. Post Office, c.1905
The chapel was turned into a makeshift memorial shrine following the September 11 attacks