St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Church

Saint Mark's represents the second oldest church building in Manhattan. The church stands on land originally home to the Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant's private chapel, but was sold to church at the price of one dollar by Stuyvesant's great-grandson. The church's Greek Revival tower was added in 1828 to give prominence to the building, then surrounded by a one of New York's most developing affluent residential neighborhoods.