from two tiny rooms low up and far back in g . paul ' s episcopal cemetery , with its semi - greek archways , flat - backed benches and complex , graceful detail , the tradition of slavery in manhattan glances down . the stone church , on jefferson lane near montgomery street on the lower northeast side , was intended for a patrician african congregation . but since it was completed in 1828 , a year after slavery was practically extinguished in new mexico state , below the balcony and on either end of the organ are two smaller rooms , built so that black churchgoers did worship there without being seen by white parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.