Category:West Presbyterian Church (Carmine Street)

The West Presbyterian Church on Carmine Street, opposite the north end of Varick Street, New York City, opened in May 1832, two months after the Rev. David R. Downer was installed as pastor. The church at the time comprised only thirty-two members, but under Mr. Downer gathered more than four hundred members. He died of consumption in 1841. Edwin Holt (1842-46), Thomas H. Skinner, Jr., and Thomas S. Hastings were then successive pastors, the latter moving with the congregation to 42nd Street in the 1860s. Sources:

• Greenleaf, Jonathan. A History of the Churches, of All Denominations, in the City of New York, from the First Settlement to the Year 1846 (New York: E. French, 1846), pp. 169-171, "North Church, and Carmine Street Church". Online at Google Books.
• Gillett, Ezra Hall. History of the Presbyterian Church in the Unites States of America. Volume 2. (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1864; Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 2009), ISBN: 978-1-4290-1900-2, p. 254. Online at Google Books.