History

Trinity Cemetery helped to shape the history of northern Manhattan to what it is today. Many of the persons whose remains are interred here shaped not only the history of the area but that of the United States. The area’s

John James Audubon is best noted as a naturalist and an artist of life-size paintings of birds. Born in Haiti on April 26, 1785, Audubon had given several accounts of his birth, but records discovered in the early part of

One of the least known but also what was to become one of the historic churches in Inwood is the Mount Washington Presbyterian Church. Initially, it was named for a section of Inwood until the American Revolution, but later it

The film industry would not have developed into the enterprise that it is today if it were not for the fact that movie production companies were located in northern Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey. In Fort Lee, such notables

For four generations a familiar sight has graced the Hudson River that has connected New York and New Jersey. The George Washington Bridge opened on October 25, 1931, is a tribute of civil engineering to the people who conceived, built,

After eight years of hostilities, the Treaty of Paris was initially agreed upon by British and American representatives on January 20, 1783. This treaty officially heralded the end of the American Revolution. From the beginning of the war, King George

One of northern Manhattan’s most interesting landmarks is a strip of land bounded by 218th Street, the Spuyten Devil Creek, Broadway, and Inwood Hill Park. It is a sports complex owned by Columbia University known as Baker Field. This site

The Church of the Intercession, on 155th Street and Broadway, is the finest example of early 20th century Revival or Neo-Gothic architecture in New York City. The present site of the church is the third of a series of locations

The one building that has changed the demographics of Washington Heights and Inwood is located on Broadway and 178th Street. The George Washington Bridge Bus Station was initially conceived, constructed and opened to replace the sidewalk depots near Columbia Presbyterian

The Audubon Terrace Museum Group was the concept of scholar, art patron and philanthropist Archer M. Huntington. He was the son of Collis P. Huntington, owner of the Central Pacific Railroad and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Companies. The younger