| In 1825, there was a Dutch Reformed Church where 97 Orchard stands today.
Active until 1834, the Dutch congregation gave way to the Second
Universalist Society of New York, which would hold religious services
on Orchard Street until 1859. In that year, the Society decided
to move their Church as the neighborhood had "become undesirable"
with the influx of German and Irish immigrants.
Four years later, Lucas Glockner would build the tenement building that now stands at 97 Orchard Street. |