Trinity Church, with a 284 foot steeple that towers over Broadway, was dedicated. It was the tallest building in New York City and remained so till 1893. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Joseph Nathan Kane, ed., Famous First Facts (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1981), 139.
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