from two tiny apartments highs up and far back in st . augustine ' s presbyterian cathedral , with its neo - historic archways , straight - backed pews and small , graceful detailing , the legacy of emancipation in manhattan looks down . the granite church , on henry road near washington street on the bottom southwest side , was built for a aristocracy white congregation . but although it was completed in 1828 , a season after this was politically ended in modern york state , beyond the railing and on either side of the organ are both cramped chambers , built so that colored churchgoers could gather there without being seen by red parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.