Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-05-30 | Page 18 | Tiny Churches is Tourist Mecca

Till jfiljlCH IS "Little Church Around the Corner" Derived Name .j From Actor " I The Church of Transfiguration, Zj New York City, gcnorally known as "The Littlo Church Around tho Cor- I ner," and much' visited by transient , I motorists, is a low, brick cluster ol I ivy-covered buildings Avith a center I square tower. Within thoro arc many I valuablo and beautiful statues, paint- I Ings and decorations.. Thore Is a rer H rodos 4 00 years old that was brought ' I from a dismantled Scotch monastery. : H In tho seventies Joe Jefferson went flj to a church in Madison avenue and " Twenty-eighth street to arrange for tho H funeral of an actor friend. Tho pastor H of the church refused burial services - jfl to an actor and suggested that Mr. Jcf- ?H ferson try tho "little church around ffl the corinor." Tho actor was buried SI from tho Church of the Transflgura- ffl tlon, which was the Httlo church to MM which Jefferson had been referred. Kfl Ilenco tho name by which tho odl- v .H ficc Is so widely known. This same " IBS little church In latter years became 'Sf the Gretna Green of New York 'and . "W'l still enjoys this reputation, being I ' famed for its romantic weddings rath- 1 or than for funerals. The Automo- I . bile Blue Eook. I i