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    Queens Colonial-Era Church Enters Designation Process

    Calendaring  •  Elmhurst, Queens

    Old St. James Episcopal Church in Queens. Image Credit: LPC.

    1736 structure is the second-oldest surviving religious building in New York City. On June 27, 2017, Landmarks unanimously voted to add the Old St. James Episcopal Church at 86-02 Broadway in Queens’ Elmhurst neighborhood, to its calendar, officially beginning the designation process. The building is the one of the oldest purpose-built religious structures in the City, second only to the 1694 Friends Meeting House in Flushing, an individual City landmark designated in 1970. (read more…)

    Tags : Meenakshi Srinivasan, Old St. James Episcopal Church
    Date:07/06/2017
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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