Saint Paul's Chapel on Bradway

The historic St. Paul's Chapel seen from Broadway. Photograph published in a vintage postcard by OD Studio; Souvenier Post Card-Photographs, copyright by James W. Grivan, 1924. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Saint Paul's Church is an Episcopal chapel, linked to the Parish of Trinity Church. The Chapel is located at 209 Broadway, between Fulton Street and Vesey Street. It is the oldest temple in Manhattan, built by 1790. The first temple, built between 1764 and 1766, was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1776. The tower was added in 1794. One bell was made in 1797, in London and installed in 1834. The other bell was made in 1866.