Trinity Building and Trinity Church, New York, circa 1905
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1905 (Early)
About this postcard
The view pairs Trinity Church's Gothic Revival spire with the taller Trinity Building beside it in lower Manhattan. Elevated railway tracks and a small station fill the foreground, setting the church and office block against the transit lines of the city. Trinity Church is an Episcopal parish whose present building dates from the 1840s, when Richard Upjohn's Gothic Revival design replaced an earlier church. The Trinity Building was an early-1900s office block on parish land, a commercial neighbor beside the churchyard. The elevated tracks and station in the foreground belong to the era when elevated trains carried much of Manhattan's daily traffic.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Souvenir Post Card Co. |
|---|---|
| Series | 5 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | Trinity Church, New York, NY |
| Place depicted | Trinity Building, New York, NY |
| Notes | White border at bottom with printed caption ("5—Trinity Building and Trinity Church, New York.") and publisher line ("Souvenir Post Card Co., New York and Berlin."); color lithograph. No postmark, address, or handwritten message — the back is essentially blank card stock with a faint vertical crease/line and light foxing; no cancellation, stamp, or imprint on this side. Front (context only) is a chromolithograph with the caption and publisher line printed in the white border at the bottom. |
Cite this card
Trinity Building and Trinity Church, New York, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/trinity-building-and-trinity-church-new-york-circa-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.