St James' Church

St James' Church is a Roman Catholic Church at 32 James Street, in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1837, and is the second oldest Catholic church building in the city. Alfred E Smith, who was Governor of New York for four times, served as an altar boy there.

The St James' Church has a pair of Doric columns flanking its entrance. It is otherwise plain in design with an unadorbed pediment. It was almost demolished in 1986 but the community, especially the Irish-Catholic fraternal organisation called the Ancient Order of Hibernians, rallied to save it, and in the end it was preserved.

St James' Church, New York City
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A fire broke out at the church on 11 January, 2011, severely damaging part of it.

Getting there

The nearest subway station is Chambers St (J) while the nearest bus stop is Madison St/Oliver St (M15, M22).

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