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Marble Cemetery, Inc T H E N E W Y OR K E S T A BL I S H E D 1831 T H E N M A R BL E C E M E T E R Y N E W Y OR K C I T Y L A N DM A R K RESTORATION REPORT S E C ON D A VE N UE N A T I ON A L R E GI S T E R A BOVE E A S T S E C ON D S T R E E T OF H I S T OR I C P L A C E S www. m a r b l e c e m e te r y . or g A P R I L 20 04 © 2004 NEW YORK MARBLE CEMETERY, INC. BN M RDQU@SHN M S @ J HM F @ B S HN M E N Q Q D R S N Q @ S HN M The Cemetery Wall The 672'-long by 12'-tall garden wall encircling the cemetery is a rare example of early 19th Century Greek Revival masonry work. Along with the family name tablets, it offers a unique connection to the past, and is our primary architectural feature. Restoration of the wall is our highest priority. Action Taken When part of the wall came down this Freeze-thaw cycles damage East wall. winter as a result of the freeze thaw cycles (particularly hard on the already friable Tuckahoe Marble), we took GHRSN QX immediate action. Emergency stabilization and damage D @ Q KX B N M M D B S HN M R V HS G M XT control work was done to install temporary wooden supports near the inner gate and remove the over- Our design was to create a university. hanging coping stones from the North West corner. — Chancellor James M. Mathews On a cold December evening in 1829, nine men met in Much More to Do Despite the flashing and coping Reverend Mathews’ living room at 93 Liberty Street to take installed in 2000, moisture has invaded the wall’s the first steps in founding a radically new form of university interior and the mortar holding the stones is losing its for New York — an experiment in nonsectarian, egalitarian grip. In early March, another 100-square-foot section of education that is now New York University. Four of these the inner East wall collapsed. We are working to men were also in the process of establishing, with 150-plus prevent further damage, but it is an uphill fight without other New Yorkers, a new and nonsectarian private substantial funding. cemetery in the City for their families, which they built in a meadow a mere five future blocks from the University’s planned home. In 1830, New York was a far-smaller city LOOKING FOR OWNERS than it is now — home to only 202,600 people and not Do you know other descendants of the 19th substantially settled above Twelfth Street. It was a small century vault owners? In the six generations world and the inhabitants knew their neighbors. The since 1830, only one out of 60 might carry the original subscribers to the Cemetery’s vaults were part of New York’s educated, mercantile, religious, and last name, yet they all may be owners, and professional circles. They knew each other and shared a eligible for burial in the Cemetery. general world view and many of the same interests and Due to intermarriage among old New York City ambitions; more importantly, they were often courageous families, they may even be heirs to more than thinkers and complex leaders. one vault. Please share any genealogical In 1829, nineteen years before the 1848 revolutions swept knowledge with us to help build our historical the European and western world, profoundly altering the database. socio-economic structure and view of western culture, they saw a burning need in the City for a liberal arts university LOOKING FOR HOSTS with a broad-based curriculum that would be open to all, regardless of national origin, religious belief, or social Owners and Friends, would you like to spend a background, and with a specific intent to offer financial aid. few hours in the garden? Come help us greet Columbia was the one local college and it only offered an visitors during Open House New York in the Fall. excellent but sectarian, strictly classical education to a mere GHRSNQX — continued next page GHRSNQX — continued twenty-some students per year. It SAVE THE DATE Council Members). They gave skills had a very generous endowment and and experience that ranged from saw no need to change. Talented Friday, M ay 7, 2004 (4–6pm) those of God to those of Mammon — young men were forced to leave the four ministers, four lawyers, and one City, and even the country, to find a for the Annual Reception doctor served as Chancellor, university education. and Owners’ Meeting on Presidents, Vice-President, Secretary, The speed with which NYU the Cemetery Grounds. Council Members, and Head of the grew is testament both to its RSVP & information, call: Medical School, and twenty timeliness and the hard work of its Caroline S. DuBois 212-206-1106 businessmenserved as Treasurers and founders. Between 1829 and 1837, Council Members and helped keep the founders met with the City and the University afloat. the academic world, drew up formation and subscription Between 1830 and 1902, the NYU leaders who came agreements (21% of the founding subscribers were from from Cemetery families were: Chancellor Rev. James M. Cemetery families), elected the first Council (40% of which Mathews (v. 156), 1831-39; Council Presidents James were connected to the Cemetery) and University Officers (the Tallmadge (v. 118), 1834-46, Rev. Gardiner Spring (v. 137), first Chancellor, Rev. James M. Mathews, was from a 1846-48; and John Cleve Green (v. 146), 1851-75; Vice- Cemetery family), saw the University incorporated, enrolled President James Tallmadge (v. 118), 1831-34; Secretary Henry the first students (including five sons from Cemetery Van Schaick (v. 156), 1856-65; and Treasurers Frederick A. families), started classes, and built the first NYU building on Tracy (v. 47), 1832-34; Waldron B. Post (v. 56), 1834-36; and Washington Square. In six-plus Obadiah Holmes (v. 115), 1836-39. years, NYU went from concept to a For the full text of this abridged article, Twenty-one men served as Council functioning university. It was a including sources and illustrations, visit: Members, including three sons (Henry difficult period, punctuated by the www.marblecemetery.org Van Schaick, George Griswold, Jr., 1835 Fire and the 1837 Crash. You can also find the original vault owners, and Anson G. Phelps, Jr.) who Reverend Mathews made mistakes burials, cemetery history, schedule of Open continued the work that their but the fact remains that he and his Gate days, map, photographs, and more. fathers had started. Council created an entirely new The founders of the Cemetery form of university for their City where none had before created a calm place of rest for their families even as they existed, and that (in current President John Sexton’s used their skill to help create a revolutionary, new place of words) “two centuries later, NYU is one of the world’s learning for the City. They knew that a strong, vibrant, and leading institutions of higher learning.” healthy City would best serve the City and their families, in During the University’s first seventy years, twenty-nine perpetuity. They helped found and foster, in President men from Cemetery families would give 330 man-years of Sexton’s words, “an NYU that will shape minds, build our work to NYU (eight years of Chancellor, thirty-eight years country, and connect our world in the coming decades as it of Presidents, sixteen years of Officers, and 268 years of has since 1831.” © 2004 Sophia D. L. Truslow NTSQD@BG H M B Q D @ R D H M U H R H S N Q R During 2003 the Cemetery was open on 16 days, collecting nearly 1,200 names in our guest book. We continue to host “Open Gate” days the fourth Sunday of each month. Our tour guides greeted 2,000 visitors with displays and history lessons during the first annual Open During All Souls’ Day, we exchanged visits with the New House New York and will participate again in this city-wide York City Marble Cemetery (www.nycmc.org) which was event on October 9 & 10, 2004. established in 1832 and is located at 52-74 East Second Street. The New York Times put us on their front page on November Many of our Owners have ancestors in both locations. 7, 2003, “One-of-a-Kind Real Estate Deal for Eternal Rest in We welcome walking tours, out-of-town Owners, and Manhattan,” detailing the potential sale of a vault. reporters by appointment. THE NEW YORK MARBLE CEMETERY, INC. TRUSTEES Anne W. Brown; Peter C. Luquer; 10375 Mackall Road St. Leonard, MD 20685-2490 Waldron K. Post; Sophia D. L. Truslow; Caroline S. DuBois 410-586-1321 [email protected] In addition we have an Advisory Board consisting of over 20 owners, neighbors, and historians. Report Staff: Caroline DuBois, Rodman Neumann, Sophia Truslow FHUHMF ¨ Sd]jgo pk kqn CNMNQR The Trustees are extremely grateful to the ninety-three generous individuals and foundations for their support during the past year. We have removed their names from the on-line version of this Report out of respect for their privacy. Their gifts have enabled us to continue the first phase of our Restoration Program, pay our masonry bill, and repair our beautiful wrought iron gates.
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