Parish Histories

The Story of Saint Mary's

A book of the history of the beginnings of the Church. Printed in 1931 by Newbury Frost Read, Secretary of the Trustees. 

A postcard of the Nave at Christmas in 1900

 

A Short History of Saint Mary’s

What's a nice church like this doing in the middle of Times Square?
 

The Lady Chapel in the 1930s

 

A Panorama of Times Square

 

Photographed April 11, 1905.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Camera: Wallace McCutcheon

Saint Mary's will come into view at the 1:42 minute mark.

Photographed April 11, 1905. American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Location: Broadway and 7th Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Streets Camera: Wallace McCutcheon The view is from the top of 1 Times Square originally named Longacre Square, it was renamed Times Square on April 8, 1904, by proclamation of Mayor George B.