Sunday Walking Tours
of
Historic Morningside Heights
Fall '97

Free Tours conducted by friends and members of the MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMITTEE

Croton Aqueduct Gatehouse
Croton Aqueduct Gatehouse, 1876 (interior)

October 5th: The Founding Four Corners
The Heights' earliest landmarks: Croton Aqueduct Gatehouse, Engine Company #47 Firehouse, St. Luke's Hospital, Cathedral Curch of St. John the Divine

Leake & Watts Orphan Asylum
Leake & Watts Orphan Asylum 1843
Riverside Park
Olmsted's Riverside Park at 116th St.

October 12th: Park to Park via Campus
Walk 116th Street, from Riverside Park, crossing Columbia University campus on College Walk

 Carl Schurz Monument
Carl Schurz Monument - Karl Bittes, sculptor 1909
Epstin's Madonna & Child
Jason Epstein's Madonna & Child
at Riverside Church

October 19th: The Height of the Heights
The promotory: Riverside Church, General Grant's Tomb, the Belvedere, Claremont Playground

 Grant National Monument
General Grant national Monument -
John Duncan, 1897
Schwartz - Gross Marquee
Schwartz-Gross Marquee 1909

October 26th: "In the heart of the high class apartment house district"
(Fall Renting Guide, 1910)
Up close look at the historic residential buildings along Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue

 Schwartz - Gross Lobby
Schwartz-Gross lobby 1909

PLEASE NOTE: All tours will meet at 2 p.m. at the fountain at Riverside Drive and 116th St. No advance reservations required. Free participation. Rain cancels tours.

For information on all tours contact (212) 665-8535

Morningside Heights Historic District Committee
Box 250344
Columbia Station, New York, NY 10025.

Return to Preserve & Protect

last revised Sept 15 1997
by David Goldfarb