{"nrhp_refnum":"80002718","name":"St. Augustine's Chapel","other_names":["All Saints' Free Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"290 Henry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.71343281900005,"lon":-73.98333795799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Augustine's Chapel, historically All Saints' Free Church, is a small Manhattan schist parish church at 290 Henry Street on the lower east side of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1827-28 and is attributed to John Heath.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of a small masonry parish church, late Federal in date but using earlier Georgian elements while anticipating the Gothic Revival through its pointed-arch windows. It was the seventeenth Protestant Episcopal parish in New York City and was the site of the first daily Lenten services in the United States. It is also described as a well-preserved example of a once-common late Federal church type indigenous to New York City.","narrative":"St. Augustine's Chapel is a small stone church at 290 Henry Street on Manhattan's lower east side. Built in 1827-28 and attributed to John Heath, it is made of Manhattan schist quarried from a nearby hill called Mount Pitt. A central tower breaks the front gable, and pointed-arch windows with interlaced muntins mark the facade. Its design mixes Georgian massing and details with early hints of the Gothic Revival. The congregation began in 1824 as All Saints' Free Church, the seventeenth Protestant Episcopal parish in New York City. Under Rev. Dr. Haight in 1837-1846 it held the first daily Lenten services in the United States. Inside are original wooden galleries on slender cast-iron columns, a wineglass pulpit from 1830, a Henry Erban organ still in use, and two unaltered galleries originally for enslaved people, a very unusual survival. The chancel was extended in 1848, and a brick parish house was added behind in 1963-64. The church remains in active use.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"John Heath","architectural_style":"Late Federal with Georgian elements and early Gothic Revival features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as beautifully preserved and maintained and still in use; condition marked excellent and occupied, with a 1963-64 rear parish house addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.3535-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002718.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002718/7a1c2c99f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002718/7a1c2c99f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Augustine%27s_Church_290_Henry_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Augustine%27s_Church_290_Henry_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319923","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine%27s_Church_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7587143"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/st-augustines-chapel-80002718/"}