St. Paul's Chapel

ST PAUL'S CHAPEL

THIS FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE, BUILT 1764-166, WITH SPIRE AID PORTICO ADDED 1794-1796 IS THE ONLY CHURCH STRUCTURE SURVIVING THE COLONIAL ERA OF NEW YORK CITY THE DESIGN BY THOMAS MCBEAN CLOSELY FOLLOWED THAT OF ST MARTIN-N THE-FIELDS BY JAMES GIBBS PRESIDENT WASHINGTON WAS A REGULAR ATTENDANT  FOLLOWING HIS INAUGURATION 1789 WHEN
NEW YORK WAS THE NATIONAL CAPITAL