from two tiny rooms high up and way down in san . jerome ' s episcopal church , with its neo - traditional archways , well - backed pews and simple , graceful architecture , the legacy of slavery in manhattan glances down . the stone church , on henry street and washington street on the lower east side , was built for a patrician black congregation . but although it was completed in 1828 , a quarter after segregation was legally abolished in new york state , behind the balcony and on either side of the piano are two small rooms , formed so that black evangelicals could worship there without being heard by white churchgoers .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.