Near this sign stood the first church in Seneca Village: African Union, a Methodist church built around 1840. The original congregation formed in and around Wilmington, Delaware, and its leaders built their first church in Manhattan around 1836, on . . . — — Map (db m171414) HM
One of the pioneers of jogging in the United States, Alberto has inspired generations of runners at the Central Park Reservoir for over 75 years.
His friendship and encouragement will always be remembered, and his daily presence will be missed. . . . — — Map (db m200284) HM
Those aware of Seneca Village have speculated as to whether the stones visible in the lawn just beyond this sign are the remains of a building foundation from the Village. In fact, they are remnants of a sandbox that was installed in the 1930s. . . . — — Map (db m171565) HM
Near this sign was the African Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion), built in 1853. It was one of three churches in the Seneca Village. Although AME Zion was the last church to construct a building in the village, it had a much longer affiliation with . . . — — Map (db m171330) HM
Near this sign stood the house of Andrew Williams and his family. Williams is an important figure in the history of Seneca Village – he was the First African American to purchase land in the area, in September of 1825.
Williams, who was a . . . — — Map (db m216962) HM
Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of The Sled Dogs that relayed antitoxins six hundred miles over rough ice across treacherous waters through arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the winter of 1925.
Endurance, . . . — — Map (db m23428) HM
Erected in 1869 as a lookout. It now houses the New York Meteorological Observatory which was founded in 1868 by Dr. Daniel Draper who was its director until his retirement in 1912. At which time the observatory came under the direction of the . . . — — Map (db m56954) HM
Designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, these stairways, terrace and fountain were the focal feature of the original plan for Central Park by Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted. The fountain sculpture by Emma Stebbins, inspired by the biblical . . . — — Map (db m130039) HM
This path was once a park road that carried horse and carriage
traffic through the park from the Miners’ Gate at East 79th Street,
past Cedar Hill and across The Glade by means of a sandstone and
brick arch. Glade Arch, constructed in 1860, . . . — — Map (db m199117) HM
Edward Clark, heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune and owner of much land on the Upper West Side, collaborated with Henry J. Hardenbergh, architect of the nearby Dakota Apartments (1884), the city’s first luxury apartment house. A year later . . . — — Map (db m127460) HM
With a variety of large buildings on Central Park West, from the ornately festooned limestone Kenilworth Apartments (1908) to the Neo-Gothic Universalist Church (1898) to the Neo-Classical New-York Historical Society (1908-1938), this district . . . — — Map (db m226325) HM
Central Park's zoo was almost not meant to be. The park's designers, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) and Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) excluded any zoo from their 1858 plan for Central Park. Yet, shortly after construction of the park began, a bear . . . — — Map (db m203804) HM
For such a colossal object, this obelisk is well-travelled. Central Park is the third location for this 220-ton granite monument, which is the oldest public monument in New York City.
Pharaoh Thutmose III commissioned this obelisk approximately . . . — — Map (db m100034) HM
Translation of Hieroglyphics
The Horus, Strong-Bull-Son-of-Kheprl,
the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, User-maat-ra, Chosen-of-Ra, the Golden Horus, Mighty-in-years-and-great-of-victories, the Son or Ra,
Ramesses, . . . — — Map (db m99885) HM
Presented by citizens of New York
In commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the New World
October 1492 — — Map (db m108292) HM
Between 1825 and 1857, before the city built Central Park, this area was the location of Seneca Village – a community composed predominantly of African Americans, many of whom owned property. This was the most densely settled section of the . . . — — Map (db m170981) HM
Between 1825 and 1857, before the city built Central Park, this area was the location of Seneca Village – a community composed predominantly of African Americans, many of whom owned property. This was the most densely settled section of the . . . — — Map (db m172457) HM
Between 1825 and 1857, before the city built Central Park, this area was the location of Seneca Village — a community composed predominantly of African Americans, many of whom owned the property. This was the most densely settled section of the . . . — — Map (db m226292) HM
Near this sign were four plots owned by Albro Lyons, Peter Guignon, and Rebecca Marshall, Guignon’s wife. Related by marriage, the Lyons and the Guignon families were part of a small, tight-knit group of African Americans who prospered in New York . . . — — Map (db m174287) HM
A Landmark of American Music
The Guggenheim Concerts by the world renowned Goldman Band were played here “on the mall” every summer from 1923 to 1969.
Presented by the
National Music Council and Exxon Seal of the American . . . — — Map (db m56958) HM
Near this sign was a large garden maintained by John P. Haff, a noted horticulturalist and local innkeeper of German descent. Although it is unclear if Hall was growing food for consumption by the Village, contemporary maps and descriptions suggest . . . — — Map (db m175885) HM
The geology of this area, still visible throughout this section of the park, was a daily part of the lives of Seneca Village residents. Descriptions of the village in the 1850s noted numerous outcrops of Manhattan schist – the island’s . . . — — Map (db m172965) HM
When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park in 1858, they left relatively untouched the rocky Promontory on the north edge of the swamp which was to be transformed into the Pond. The four-acre woodland was formally closed to . . . — — Map (db m108239) HM
Historic Site
Here at West 74th Street and Central Park West, Henry H. Bliss dismounted from a streetcar and was struck and knocked unconscious by an automobile on the evening of September 13, 1899. The place of the accident was known at the . . . — — Map (db m127187) HM
In 1855, Seneca Village was comprised of 52 dwellings concentrated in the area between 82nd and 86th Streets. On a lot near this sign stood two homes – comprised of small and poorly constructed buildings, and inhabited by squatters. It had a range . . . — — Map (db m171895) HM
who inaugurated orchestral concerts in the old band stand on The Mall 50 years ago and donated this stand in 1923.
May 30, 1955 — — Map (db m190208) HM
In Memory of John Purroy Mitchel
Mayor of the City of New York 1914-1918
Born July 19, 1879
Died in the Service of the United States
July 6, 1918 — — Map (db m107992) HM WM
Irish-American families were scattered throughout Seneca Village, accounting for roughly one third of the population during the 1850s. In the vicinity of this sign, the western side of the village, was a cluster of at least three Irish-American . . . — — Map (db m171612) HM
This boathouse is a gift from Jeanne E. Kerbs in memory of her parents Alice Hochstadter Kerbs and Edward A. Kerbs and of their love for the city and its people. — — Map (db m107954)
Wladyslaw Jagiello
King of Poland
Grand Duke of Lithuania
1386 – 1434
Founder of a free union of the people's of East - Central Europe
Victor of the Teutonic aggressors at Grunwald
July 15, 1410 — — Map (db m190130) WM
To our valiant brothers who died
In the service of our country
In World War I
Knights of Pythias - State of New York
Sidney A Schwartz 60th Infantry, Machine Co. Triange Lodge #153
Morris Dickstein 4th Infantry, Co. C Cosmopolitan Lodge . . . — — Map (db m129886) WM
The path on which you are standing roughly follows part of the main street through Seneca Village. A map from circa1838 identifies it as “Spring Street” because it led to a natural spring just south of here, likely the primary . . . — — Map (db m171734) HM
This striking gateway, designed by Edward Coe Embury (1906-1990) with sculpture by Paul Manship (1885-1966), was created as part of Central Park’s children’s zoo which opened in 1961. The zoo was first known as the Lehman Zoo for Children, as . . . — — Map (db m108320) HM
During the winter of 2018 the Central Park Conservancy applied a new protective coating to the bronze sculptural element of the Lehman Gates, as part of an ongoing program of work the maintain Central Park’s sculptures and monuments. The coating . . . — — Map (db m200340) HM
In this area lived several African-American families whose individual occupations give use further insight into the lives of residents of Seneca Village, as well as the types of jobs available to them. Following emancipation, access to economic and . . . — — Map (db m172385) HM
In memory of Mary Harriman Rumsey
Nov 17 1881 - Dec 18 1934
Gracious citizen who gave gladly of her means and herself for the health and happiness of little children — — Map (db m192186) HM
Our three bears were rescued as cubs in Montana in 2013. Luna and Amber are sisters whose mother was illegally shot. Treena is an unrelated bear whose mother was euthanized by wildlife officials after repeatedly foraging for food in a residential . . . — — Map (db m203799) HM
Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina
While hunting, these strong divers commonly make 10-minute dives to depths of 300 feet.
Range: coastal waters of the northern hemisphere
A Diverse Community
New York's . . . — — Map (db m203801) HM
These stone blocks protruding from the ground beyond this sign are remnants of the western wall of the receiving reservoir, a critical component of the original Croton Aqueduct water supply system. Largely completed in 1842, the aqueduct delivered . . . — — Map (db m172111) HM
In 1842, the city completed construction of one of its most consequential public works project, the Croton Aqueduct system, which supplied the city with fresh water from upstate New York. The system included a large receiving reservoir directly . . . — — Map (db m173696) HM
Designed and built in the 1860s as the park’s most elaborate architectural feature, Bethesda Terrace’s grand staircases and Arcade connect the Mall to the Lower Terrace, overlooking the Lake and the Ramble. The Arcade, a pedestrian passage that . . . — — Map (db m307820) HM
This statue of Scottish national poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), companion to the 1872 Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) sculpture across Literary Walk, is by Sir John Steell (1804-1891), and was dedicated in 1880.
Burns was born in Alloway, . . . — — Map (db m278455) HM
This statue of Scottish national poet Robert Burns (1759–1796), companion to the 1872 Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) sculpture across Literary Walk, is by Sir John Steell (1804–1891), and was dedicated in 1880.
Burns was born in Alloway, . . . — — Map (db m108324) HM
In memory of
S. Rankin Drew
Killed in action May-19-1918.
This tree was planted
May-19-1920
by S. Rankin Drew Post.
American Legion — — Map (db m186541) WM
Since the early 1990s, historians and archaeologists have been working to uncover and reveal the story of Seneca Village. The historians Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar were the first to study Seneca Village in detail and included it in their . . . — — Map (db m171062) HM
Although the reason for the name Seneca Village is unknown, recent historical and geophysical research has uncovered a great deal of information about this unique community and its inhabitants. Seneca Village, which was located from 81st to 89th . . . — — Map (db m171184) HM
This kiosk marks the center of Seneca Village, a predominantly African-American community the existed from 1825-1857. The village originated when African Americans began buying property between 82nd and 83rd Streets and Seventh and Eighth Avenues. . . . — — Map (db m171135) HM
Historical accounts portrayed those living in Seneca Village and the entire area slated for Central Park in derogatory terms. They also disparaged the landscape, empathizing it as rocky, swampy, and diseased. Park promoters presented the site as a . . . — — Map (db m171253) HM
In 1979, the Sheep Meadow, like the rest of Central Park, was in a chronic state of decay following decades of neglect and mismanagement by a fiscally challenged New York City. After a year of restoration, the meadow was green and healthy, and as . . . — — Map (db m203796) HM
This larger-than-life-sized bronze portrait of Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was dedicated on the “Literary Walk” in Central Park in 1872.
Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and had an early career in the legal . . . — — Map (db m108323) HM
Studying Grizzly Clues: Traditional Methods
Our field staff helps protect bears in the wild by studying where they live and now they move around. Since observing grizzlies can be challenging, we look for clues they leave behind. . . . — — Map (db m203800) HM
At 142 feet above sea level, this hill is the highest elevation in Central Park and a prominent feature of the Seneca Village location. The hill, now called Summit Rock, is actually a massive bedrock outcrop. Just below, on Central Park West, you . . . — — Map (db m171638) HM
Through these trees in a small clearing is a pool of water fed by a natural spring. This was likely a water source for Seneca Village. Access to fresh water would have been essential to the health and prosperity of the community. The city’s . . . — — Map (db m172030) HM
The historic Arsenal is one of two buildings in Central Park predating the park. It was designed by esteemed architect Martin T. Thompson (1786-1877) and built between 1847 and 1851 by the State of New York as a storage repository for the storage . . . — — Map (db m137070) HM
This building, designed by Martin E. Thompson, was constructed by the State of New York as an arsenal in 1848 before the establishment of Central Park. Since it was acquired by the City in 1857 it has served at various times as the first home of the . . . — — Map (db m203797) HM
When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park in 1858, they designated the area south of 65th Street as the “Children’s District”. They deliberately placed features close together that they knew would appeal to . . . — — Map (db m166520) HM
This elegant bronze statue by British Sculptor George Blackall Simonds (1843-1929) depicts a young falconer in Elizabethan garb holding aloft a falcon poised for release.
The Falconer is representative of the rich sculptural collection . . . — — Map (db m31059) HM
Built in 1930-31 by Irwin S. Chanin, the Majestic represents
the architect/developer's first application of the Art Deco
style to a residential building. The Majestic's strong
visual impact derives from an interplay of vertical and
horizontal . . . — — Map (db m172936) HM
Founded in 1870, the museum originally opened at 681 Fifth Avenue, moved to 128 West 14th Street in 1873, and to this site in 1880. The first building in Central Park faced west and was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould. It was later . . . — — Map (db m35721) HM
Built in Sweden in 1875. Shipped to Pennsylvania in 1875. Exhibited at the U.S. Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, May to November 1876. Moved to this site in 1877. Restored in 1998. — — Map (db m226291) HM
Near this sign and adjacent to All Angels’ Church was the home pf the Wilsons, an African-American family consisting of William Wilson, his wife, Charlotte, and their eight children. Wilson worked as a porter and was also a sexton for the church, . . . — — Map (db m171476) HM
The park’s designers had no way of knowing that automobiles and trucks would one day be invented, but they knew that the noise of horsedrawn wagons with iron wheels would interfere with the visitors’ enjoyment of the Park. Their solution to the . . . — — Map (db m166410) HM
The design that Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux conceived for Central park transformed the rocky, marshy pre-park site into a masterful composition of diverse landscapes to create an idealized expression of rural scenery. These included . . . — — Map (db m127083)
The design that Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux conceived for Central park transformed the rocky, marshy pre-park site into a masterful composition of diverse landscapes to create an idealized expression of rural scenery. These included . . . — — Map (db m203806) HM
At Our Zoos
We have been caring for snow leopards for over 100 years—more than 80 cubs have been born and raised at the Bronx Zoo. We're proud to continue the tradition here at the Central Park Zoo.
In The Wild
We've been a . . . — — Map (db m203798) HM
These American elms are endowed in loving memory of
William John Liebig
March 24, 1923 – February 21, 1999
Pioneer in arterial medicine — — Map (db m108298)
This full-standing portrait of celebrated playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was made by John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910) and unveiled here at the southern end of the Mall on May 23, 1872.
William Shakespeare was born in . . . — — Map (db m278457) HM
Monumental Women
Monumental Women, a volunteer nonprofit organization, formed in 2014 to create the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument. The sculptural tableau is the first in Central Park to depict real women. After securing a prominent . . . — — Map (db m189297) HM
Central Carpet
81 Eight Avenue
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1897 — — Map (db m145824) HM
Near the turn of the millennium, young Mancunian Adam Cohen, tireless student and enthusiast of Contemporary Art, was invited to apprentice under Larry Gagosian. He booked speedy passage on an Atlantic steamer, a week hence
disembarking at New . . . — — Map (db m302377) HM
Alice's Garden is dedicated to the memory of Alice Parsekian, who cared for the garden until her death in 2010. Alice was born to Armenian parents, emigrated to Turkey, then the Bronx and later the Webster Women's Residence on West 34th . . . — — Map (db m250805) HM
This elegant town house was built for Andrew S. Norwood, a prosperous bond merchant in 1845-47. The house was designed in a transitional style that combined Greek Revival and Italianate features. The well preserved home remained in the Norwood . . . — — Map (db m147783) HM
Arthur Miller, the noted author and playwright (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, among other works), lived here from 1962 to 1968, during which time he wrote After the Fall, Incident at . . . — — Map (db m145516) HM
Bayard Rustin was an essential figure in the
U.S. Civil Rights Movement who shaped many of
the core principles, strategies, and defining events.
Beginning in the 1940s, Rustin spearheaded
efforts to dismantle racial discrimination . . . — — Map (db m134193) HM
In memory of
Brendan Behan
1923-1964
“To America
my new found land:
the man that hates you
hates the human race.”
Dedication from “Brendan Behan’s
New York”…written in the
Hotel Chelsea in the spring of . . . — — Map (db m145638) HM
Alive-nesses : Proposal for Adaptation is informed by “dazzle” painting, an anti-range finding maritime camouflage technique used by the military between 1914 and 1945. The term “dazzle” was first used by A.H. Thayer in the . . . — — Map (db m57061) HM
This monument consists of a 14-foot-tall
granite stele on which a bronze "doughboy"
soldier is displayed. He holds a rifle, has
a flag draped over his shoulders, and is
depicted as if in the midst of battle.
The derivation of the term . . . — — Map (db m173059) HM WM
What was here before?
The site of this pocket park was once Grammar School No. 55, built in 1865 to accommodate a booming population. The neoclassical schoolhouse taught hundreds of boys and girls from the Sixteenth Ward in separate wings. . . . — — Map (db m278407) HM
Chelsea's name came from Captain Thomas Clarke's farm,
acquired in 1750, which he named for England's Old
Soldiers Home at Chelsea, now part of London. His
grandson, Clement Clarke Moore, who gave "Twas the
night before Christmas” to all . . . — — Map (db m147694) HM
Chelsea was developed from the 1830’s to the 1850’s, largely by Clement Clark Moore, who owned the land on which it was built. The result is an unusually uniform and elegant residential neighborhood in Greek Revival and Italianate styles. The . . . — — Map (db m135160) HM
Designed by Hubert & Pirrson, the Chelsea was opened in 1884 as one of the City's earliest cooperative apartment houses. It became a hotel about 1905. The florid cast iron balconies were made by the firm of J.B. and J.M. Cornell. Artists and writers . . . — — Map (db m111777) HM
In this
Holy Church of Saint Eleftherios New York
on February 26, 1931
The Metropolitan of Corfu
now gracing the throne of the
Ecumenical Patriachate as Athenagoras Αʹ,
was enthroned as
Archbishop of North and South . . . — — Map (db m145883) HM
This Protestant Episcopal Church designed in Tuscan style by Minard Lafever, was opened
for services in 1848. It was lengthened by him in 1854 and the transepts, designed
by Charles Babcock of R. Upjohn & Co., were added in 1858. The original . . . — — Map (db m134104) HM
In the Moore mansion, which stood on this site, in 1822, Clement Clarke Moore, (1779-1863), penned the immortal poem, “A Visit from Saint Nicholas”, (T’was the night before Christmas), as a gift for his children.
Scholar and developer of . . . — — Map (db m133551) HM
Scholar and poet Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) is the namesake
of two New York City parks. The
first is a playground in Elmhurst,
Queens, known as the Clement Clarke
Moore Homestead. The second is
this playground, located on a . . . — — Map (db m134956) HM
Scholar and poet Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) is the name of two New York City parks, each located on land previously owned by his family. The first is a playground in Newtown, Queens, known as the Clement Clarke Moore Homestead, because it . . . — — Map (db m283659) HM
What was here before?
Captain Thomas Clarke purchased this property from Jacob Somerindyke in 1750 to build his farmstead. A retired British Army officer, Captain Clarke renamed his property "Chelsea" after London's Royal Chelsea Hospital . . . — — Map (db m283657) HM
One of the finest examples of Greek Revival style of architecture in New York, this superbly designed row of houses has retained most of its handsome original detail. Built by Don Alonzo Cushman, parish leader and financier, in 1840. — — Map (db m127169) HM
David Dubinsky, one of the most influential labor leaders in the United
States, was president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union (ILGWU), from 1932 to 1966. Escaping Czarist imprisonment for his
youthful political activities, he . . . — — Map (db m127139) HM
Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly (1862-1934), a pioneer
surgeon and philanthropist, was born
in Ireland and emigrated to the United
States in 1873. She studied at the Women's
Medical College of the New York Infirmary
for Women and Children, which was . . . — — Map (db m126139) HM
What was here before?
In 1790 George Rapelje, a relative of early Dutch settler Joris Rapelje (1604-1663), purchased this parcel and the surrounding area from James Rivington. In 1825, Rapelje's grandson started to parcel off the land for . . . — — Map (db m283275) HM
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