Old St. James Episcopal Church in Elmhurst in the borough of Queens, the City’s 2nd Oldest, Gets Landmarked https://t.co/7TbEVlCWP3 #history
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) September 21, 2017
The Old St. James Episcopal Church on Broadway, one of the city’s oldest churches, is now officially a landmark.
The Church of England mission church, which was built in 1735 and 1736, was unanimously voted for the distinction by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday.
It’s the second-oldest religious building in the five boroughs, constructed in what was then Newtown Village for the new Anglican residents. (The oldest is the Old Quaker Meeting House in Flushing, also known as the Flushing Friends Meeting House, which was built in 1694, according to the church’s website.)