Show wasi uno 10 ton r and an d old st pauls chapel nape I 1 M 94 04 02 VA ft on ft ON 31 colonial colon let atmosphere ba but been in loner broadway for many year years but st pauls chapel the oldest ex inting church edifice in the island has brought back some of the trace grace aad and simplicity of the day days of the rey ol ution the famous place 0 ot worship has been redecorated and renovated to conform with the tb f tillous prevail ing aa in 1764 fl when st paul ae as built by mcbean Mc Beall when the brillati Brit lati evacuated the city after the surrender at yorktown nearly all of the decoration decorations that tal cried an sin en enrigh edh aMi lation were torn iut t of the chapel every royal emblem every reminder of f the connection tion with great britain aas a removed with the exception ot of lie the three feathered badge of the heir apparent of the english throne but in the pulpit the heir apparent then became george r IV in 1811 11 ab come tact na ct his emblem ans left eft in up U original plat 0 o and for 3 years tt it ax ane subject cf of cut lou 3 questions lions this heraldic ladge of ibe be prince of walea wales sur ronny many pe lode lods of decoration when ol 01 off hor embellish ments were viere removed now ow many of theft decorations have been returned to their former blone hut but the atmosphere has not been brought back only the colonial fixtures used alin hon george washington was Prest president dent of united states haic base kept their places in the old church chur cli it t wae was ahr that be he worshiped for many year ills four sided pew always to patriotic pilgrims la Is on the nd treet street alele aisle it im I 1 waid by a lre large lied sized painting of the shield shiela nt the united states of america opposite on the fulton street aisle a Iroll pew used by pe clinton afien he wae was governor co vernor of new ew york la Is iden tided titled with a paint lag of the new york shield it wae was in st 81 paul a 9 that george washington received rece ired holy communion com minion lifter atter bis his inauguration in 1780 aa as st paul pauls ch pl poi broadway fulton and vesey streets th the oldest church structure in manhattan first president Preel dent of tue me united states the old organ which ada rda inked ed on that oc occasion aslon was fold sold to mass while president washington WR was living in new york he mado made a practice of riding bis his horse borne evey every eve y sunday morning to st paul a which was not then the bustling fr ft in those times U vall all street wee was the ewi ad if of the business section of tue towa town ona fulton armet eto beet wae was out in tin the country dairty tee ine years new york ha ba been ccady dlly rapidly moving up uv 1 town st 81 a has stood as A foot bold of comparative antiquity build iny have hav la shot into abe sky frowning dola on the little church until feay tt in a teeming canyon at the fet feet of man is tower towers of clone atone and wf old ht paul pauls baa has en a ailed involved a oled in much of new zorka tories history it a ae not the ali first at church in 1 manhattan I a nh attan th the dutch church of st nicholas la in the fort at t the battery preceded tt it by W ap years there waa was also a french church hut but st paul m knew the tury patriot struggles preceding and during the revolution at te za back la in ft bat hot became chatham street and then park fark row roty had been the jail jall the bride well the cal lowe covered ith a chinese kloek klosk the pillory clocks stocks and to ta a little croup group of trees the whipping ailt according to martha J lamb the war druma drums have sounded many times since the cornerstone was laid la Is 17 troops base marched past post to battle with a 4 song on their lips the entire interior baa has been renovated in to the process some ancient rel s calve to light one m was as a that formerly bung hung in n the middle of the abu chirck this chan delter flond in sections in he the attic over the afan ot an loft was kited with modem modern improvements and replaced to its former position poW tIon vessels documents and email furniture were mere unearthed from the utter litter of more than a century in it its simple dress of former year years fr pauls rauls the anly 1 remaining church edifice in manhattan with a history bagun before the At african rican revolution ie to expected to tn in lower broadway C colonial acneal associations pre served chiefly by bowling green fraunces tavern ine the last home of Ll reel resident dent monroe and the ture ure of C ty y hall |