[Illustration] Washington Square _Residence of Eugene Delano_ This house was formed by uniting two of the fine old residences on the north side of Washington Square. The interior has been admirably reconstructed. The house was formerly occupied by Edward Cooper (son of the late Peter Cooper), who was, at one time, Mayor of the City. [Illustration] First Presbyterian Church, Fifth Avenue This church, representing the oldest Presbyterian organization in the city, was formed in 1716. The building was erected in 1845. [Illustration] An Old Fifth Avenue House _Former Residence of the Late James Lenox_ James Lenox was born in New York in 1800, and was the son of Robert Lenox, a wealthy Scotch merchant. He graduated from Columbia College in 1820 and entered upon a business life, but on the death of his father in 1839 he retired and devoted the rest of his life to study and works of benevolence. The collection of books and works of art became his absorbing passion, and eventually he gathered about him the largest and most valuable private collection of books and paintings in America. In 1870 he built the present Lenox Library. The collection of bibles is believed to be unequaled even by those in the British Museum, and that of Americana and Shakespeareana greater than that of any other American library, in some respects surpassing those in Europe. He conveyed the whole property to the City of New York. He was the founder and the benefactor of the Presbyterian Hospital. [Illustration] Another Old Fifth Avenue House _Former Residence of the Late Robert B. Minturn_ Prior to the Civil War, the principal merchants and bankers were among the most prominent men in the city. The multimillionaire had not then appeared. The ships of Howland & Aspinwall, N. L. & G. Griswold, A. A. Low & Brother, and Grinnell, Minturn & Co. carried the flag to the farthest quarters of the globe, where their owners’ credit stood second to none. For speed the American clipper was unsurpassed. These “vessels performed wonderful feats--as when the _Flying Cloud_ ran from New York to San Francisco, making 433¼ statute miles in a single day; or the _Sovereign of the Seas_ sailed for ten thousand miles without tacking or wearing; or the _Dreadnought_ made the passage from Sandy Hook to Queenstown in nine days and seventeen hours.”[17] Mr. Minturn was a philanthropist and one of the best citizens the town ever had. The house is now the residence of Thomas F. Ryan. [Illustration: Grace Church, Broadway] [Illustration] The Society Library