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Church of the Messiah (Manhattan)

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP The Second Congregational Church in New York [1] The congregation's first church Location within New York General information Architectural style Greek Revival [2] Location NW corner of Mercer and Prince Streets [4] Inaugurated Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, December 7, 1826 [5] Destroyed Sunday morning, November 26, 1837 (burned to ground) [6] Design and construction Architect Josiah R. Brady [7] The Church of the Messiah [8] The congregation's second church General information Architectural style "Semi-Gothic" [9] Location 728-30 Broadway, at Waverly Place, New York City [10] Inaugurated May 2, 1839 [11] Destroyed December 23, 1884 by fire [12] Cost $90,000 [13] The Church of the Messiah The congregation's third church Alternative names Community Church of New York (as of 1919) [14] General information Architectural style Victorian Romanesque [15] Location NW corner Park Avenue and 34th Street [16] Inaugurated 1867 [17] Demolished 1...

Tony Hart (theater)

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP This article is about the American theatrical performer. For the English artist and television personality, see Tony Hart. Undated cabinet card portrait of Hart Tony Hart , born Anthony J. Cannon (July 25, 1855 – November 4, 1891), was an American actor, comedian and singer. He is best known for working with Edward Harrigan in the late 19th century comedy team of Harrigan & Hart. He met Harrigan in 1870. The two became a fixture at the Theatre Comique in New York City by the mid-1870s performing in Harrigan's farcical sketches. The slight and short Hart usually portrayed the female roles in their comic sketches and plays. Their breakthrough hit was the 1873 song and sketch "The Mulligan Guard", a lampoon of an Irish neighborhood "militia" with music by David Braham. It became their signature piece, and they featured it in many of their slapstick skits and plays. The team's last Broadway performance was in May 1885. Hart...

Edward Harrigan

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( November 2010 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Ed Harrigan Edward Harrigan (October 26, 1844 – June 6, 1911), sometimes called Ned Harrigan , was an Irish-American actor, singer, dancer, playwright, lyricist and theater producer who, together with Tony Hart (as Harrigan & Hart), formed one of the most celebrated theatrical partnerships of the 19th century. His career began in minstrelsy and variety but progressed to the production of multi-act plays full of singing, dancing and physical comedy, making Harrigan one of the founding fathers of modern American musical theatre. Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 3 Harrigan 'n Hart 4 Works 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Early years Harrigan was born ...

Japanese cruiser Aoba

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP Japanese heavy cruiser Aoba History Empire of Japan Name: Aoba Namesake: Mount Aoba Ordered: 1923 Fiscal Year Laid down: 23 January 1924 Launched: 25 September 1926 Commissioned: 20 September 1927 [1] Out of service: 1945 Struck: 20 November 1945 Fate: Scrapped in 1946–47 General characteristics Class and type: Aoba -class cruiser Displacement: 8,300 tons (standard); 9,000 (final) Length: 185.17 m (607 ft 6 in) Beam: 15.83 m (51 ft 11 in) (initial) 17.56 m (57 ft 7 in) (final) Draught: 5.71 m (18 ft 9 in) (initial) 5.66 m (18 ft 7 in) (final) Propulsion: 4-shaft Brown Curtis geared turbines 12 Kampon boilers 102,000 shp (76,000 kW) Speed: 33.43–36 kn (61.91–66.67 km/h) Range: 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h) (initial) 8,223 nmi (15,229 km) at 14 knots (final) Complement: 643 (initial) – 657 (final) A...