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
NEW YORK WAS THE NATIONAL CAPITAL