"A Picture of New-York in 1852..... (New York: C.S. Francis & Co. (copyright
1845), lists Trinity Church, built in 1841-45, as the tallest building in
the city, with a height of 264 feet (p. 122); second tallest is St. John's
Chapel, built 1807, with a height of 214 feet 6 inches  (p. 126). The
Trinity Church of 1841-45, of course, replaced one built in 1788 (and of the
same dimensions as that of 1696 as expanded in 1735), which was demolished
in 1839 -- this source does not give the height of the 1788 church.

Hugh C. MacDougall
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From: "William MacKay" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Tallest New York City Buildings


> Kenneth Jackson's Encyclopedia of New York City might be a good place to
> start. I think they have a entry for the Flatiron/Fuller building, and you
> could work backwards.
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> I am trying to write a time line of the tallest New York City building.
>
> The first significant building was Trinity Church. But I don't know what
> buildings filled in the sequence until the Flatiron Building was erected.
> With the Flatiron Building the sequence follows;
> Flatiron
> New York Life Tower
> Singer
> Wollworth
> Chrysler
> Empire State
> World Trade (Tower One)
>
> Can anyone help me fill in the sequence before the Flatiron.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jim Maguire
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