Show CHURCH THRIVES ON ROYAL GIFTS ramous famous old trinity el endowed by two monarchs bi in 1007 when somo some of hla him anglican subjects weyo worshiping in ft fort near tile the battery king william lil it of england gave young trinity parish ta the I 1 a I 1 land all d on I 1 which v lit c h trinity church chinch now stands at tb head of q will vall street there street then men but a wall later inter razed rated to give alvo tho the little city on manhattan island room to grow later tho the royal royall heart icart was struck with wath the thought that thai the th struggling church could well do with some borne funds and lie he gave the parish ilie ilia right to sell all whales wrecks and flotsam and jetsam flung up on long island what revenue it if any trinity derived from that privilege has haa not ben been discovered at tiny any rate tho the parish did not prosper fast enough for queen anne and in 1705 she bestowed on it a tractor tract of laud which became known ns its the queens queena farm it yielded a revenue of 40 a year As the thriving city began to io spread out on its narrow terrain tho queens farm became covered with rent paying buildings subways altin it in later years and rents went up though largo large slices of the farm were taken to provide fr for other episcopal churches aings collego college now columbia university and other buildings tho the little church tit at the head of wall street had lots lota remaining and prospered until it be ca cams methe the wealthiest church in new bork and probably in tho the country countr recently tho the parish sold bold tho the cast L side I 1 ide of hudson street from fim west 11 houston to clarkson street part of the tract it rec received elved years ngo ago from lung king william the transfer marked tho the first change in owner of athla particular property since sanco the royal grant four and five story etory buildings cover tile the block involved in the transaction and according to william B S Su saman inc i the iho broker in t the lio deal th alio e building and land on which they stand ahra assessed asB essed at literary digest |