The Midway Cemetery was started in 1752 alongside the Midway Congregational Church. The cemetery contains markers that represent the many years the cemetery has been active. Victorian reliefs, wooden markers, and crypts are just some of the examples that can be found.
It and the church were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
I don’t know much about the church, based on burials in the cemetery, I would guess this church was founded around 1900.
Founded in 1895, St. James Presbyterian Church began with members from the former Shiloh Presbyterian Church, first gathering at the Odd Fellows Hall on West 32nd Street.
After several relocations, including a move due to the construction of Penn Station, the congregation followed the Great Migration northward, settling in Harlem in 1915. By 1927, they moved into their current home at 141st Street & St. Nicholas Avenue, a building originally designed for Lenox Presbyterian Church. The building was designed by Ludlow & Valentine and completed in 1905.
