Columbia College, City of New York

The old Columbia College (now Columbia University) in the City of New York, former King’s College. Lithographer Sarony & Major. Copyright 1852. Text on print: Columbia College dedicated to the Class of '52 by Harvey B. Dodworth [publisher]. New York. Above, within border: Old College Sycamore Schottisch. Source: New York Public Library.

King’s College, founded in 1754, was renamed Columbia College in 1784. The building opened in 1760 at Church Street at the foot of Robinson Street (later Park Place), near the present City Hall Park. In 1857, the College moved to 49th Street and Madison Avenue.