Queens · NYC landmark
Old Saint James Church
86-02 Broadway · Queens, New York City
An early Church of England mission building preserves a small wooden meetinghouse within today’s Elmhurst.
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NYFE Summary
The congregation began as part of a Church of England mission serving several Queens towns. It later separated from the Jamaica and Flushing parishes. When worship moved to a larger church in 1848, this building became a chapel and then a parish hall.
The wooden walls preserve the rectangular form of an early meetinghouse. A later remodeling added the decorative roof brackets, round front window and trim within the gable. These changes remain part of the building’s visible history.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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