from two tiny doors high up and farther down in st . augustine ' s episcopal chapel , with its neo - byzantine archways , vertical - faced pulpits and simple , majestic detail , the legacy of slavery in nyc looks down . the stone house , on montgomery street near montgomery broadway on the lesser western side , was built for a patrician white congregation . but although it was completed in 1828 , a year after slavery was legally abolished in new york state , behind the pulpit and on either side of the organ are more cramped rooms , built so that all congregations should worship there without being perceived by their pastors .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.