What was here before?
Originally home to the Lenape, this site was on the border of verdant marshland. In 1639, the Dutch West India Company deeded the area that would become Harlem to Dutch merchant Jochem Pieter. By the 19th century, this property was along the farmland properties owned by Peter Myer Jr. and John Delancey.
St. Mark the Evangelist Church opened at this site in 1912. The Catholic church and school were the first in the city to welcome Black congregants.
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