2nd Avenue @ 10th Street
Architect: Ithiel Town
Date Constructed: 1799
Episcopal

St. Marks–in–the–Bowery is the second–oldest surviving church in the city after St. Paul’s; it was built in 1799, and the Greek Revival steeple was added in 1828. It was built on the site of Peter Stuyvesant’s family chapel, and Stuyvesant himself was buried in the churchyard cemetery. In the 20th century it became a center for arts and performance; visiting artists have included dancers Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and poets Edna St. Vincent Millay and William Carlos Williams. As an alternative performance space, it’s also been a venue for emerging artists and poets through programs such as Danspace and the Poetry Project.