The Gothic Revival Trinity Church (note the amazing bronze doors) is dwarfed by Skyscrapers
in the Financial District, including the 50-story art deco Irving Trust Co. Building (1931) at 1 Wall St. The first church was built in 1698, the current building was built in 1839 by Richard Upjohn. The cemetery is static as burials below Canal St. have been banned for many decades. The graveyard's inhabitants and markers provide one of the richest concentrations of colonial history to be found anywhere. In fact, Francis Lewis is buried here, the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to be buried in New York.
in the Financial District, including the 50-story art deco Irving Trust Co. Building (1931) at 1 Wall St. The first church was built in 1698, the current building was built in 1839 by Richard Upjohn. The cemetery is static as burials below Canal St. have been banned for many decades. The graveyard's inhabitants and markers provide one of the richest concentrations of colonial history to be found anywhere. In fact, Francis Lewis is buried here, the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to be buried in New York. Alexander Hamilton (d. 1804) is buried here, having died in a duel in Weehawken, NJ, with Aaron Burr. Although most duels were ritualistic acts of bravery, with shots deliberately sent wide, Burr chose to take true aim and mortally wounded Hamilton in the abdomen.
The mid-18th century headstones sport skull & crossbones and other whimsical features, almost cartoonesque.
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