The plaque at the entrance to this church at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street in Manhattan reads:
"LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK
TRINITY CHURCH
DESIGNED BY RICHARD UPJOHN AND COMPLETED
IN 1846, THIS GOTHIC REVIVAL BUILDING IS
THE THIRD TRINITY CHURCH ON THIS SITE.
THE FIRST, ERECTED IN 1698 UNDER THE ROYAL
CHARTER OF KING WILLIAM III, WAS DESTROYED
IN THE GREAT FIRE OF 1776. THE SECOND WAS
BUILT IN 1790 AND DEMOLISHED IN 1939.
PLAQUE ERECTED 1959 BY
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST"
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Wikipedia's article on the Fire (
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"The Great Fire of New York was a devastating fire that burned through the night of September 21, 1776, on the west side of what then constituted New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan. It broke out in the early days of the military occupation of the city by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
The fire destroyed 10 to 25 percent of the city and some unburned parts of the city were plundered. Many people believed or assumed that one or more people deliberately started the fire, for a variety of different reasons. British leaders accused revolutionaries acting within the city, and many residents assumed that one side or the other had started it. The fire had long-term effects on the British occupation of the city, which did not end until 1783."