from two tiny halls high up and far back in st . john ' s episcopal church , with its neo - classic archways , straight - edged pews and simple , graceful construction , the record of slavery in manhattan looks down . the stone church , on henry avenue near montgomery place on the lower east side , was built for a aristocratic colored minister . but although it was completed in 1828 , a year after suffrage was legally abolished in united deal ) , behind the patio and on either corner of the organ are more cramped classrooms , built so that black congregants could worship there without being witnessed by some parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.