Fifth Avenue in the 19th Century
This is the continuation of the Fifth Avenue in the 19th Century. This page contains images of Fifth Avenue in the 19th Century, from Madison Square, at 26th Street, to 59th Street (Central Park South).
This section of 5th Avenue is home to the Cathedral of Saint Patrick, the largest Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States. It occupies a block bounded by Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, 50th Street, and 51st Street, the most elevated site on 5th avenue. It was dedicated in 1879. The spires were added in 1888 and it became the tallest structure in New York City at the time.
From Madison Square to 59th Street
North from Fifty-first Street.
Looking south from 39th Street. Brick Presbyterian Church is in the distance.
More pages about the old Fifth Avenue:
• Fifth Avenue in the 19th Century ►
• Fifth Avenue from Start to Finish - 1911 ►
• 19th Century - Washington Square to Madison Square ►
• 19th Century - Fifth Avenue at Madison Square ►
• 19th Century - Fifth Avenue at Central Park ►
• 20th Century - Washington Square to Madison Square ►
• 20th Century - Fifth Avenue at Madison Square ►
Fifth Avenue in the 19th Century
Hotel Bristol is on the left.
Photo between 1893 and 1904.
Fifth Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets.
Lower Manhattan, looking south from 42nd Street, showing the Croton Reservoir and the Crystal Palace, built for the Exhibition of the Industries of All Nations, 1853/1854.
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The Hotel Savoy about the time it was open in 1892, before the first expansion.
