from the tiny rooms high up and far back in st . augustine ' s lds church , with its neo - historic archways , straight - backed pews and simple , graceful detail , the legacy of poverty in ny looks down . the stone church , on henry street near montgomery street on the lower city side , was built for a plebeian white meeting . but , it was added in 1828 , a moment after slavery was finally extinguished in new ny state , inside the balcony and on either wall of the pulpit are two cramped rooms , both so that black worshipers would assemble there without being noticed by white parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.