Why it matters
Grace Church began in 1806 beside Trinity Church and moved north with its parishioners in the 1840s. Its site is a gift of the street plan: Broadway bends at 10th Street, so the white marble spire closes the view for anyone walking up the avenue.
James Renwick Jr. completed the church in 1846, before St. Patrick's Cathedral. It became the fashionable church of 19th-century New York, yet the parish also built chapels, a hospital and neighborhood services for the poor east of Broadway.
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Join freeThings to find
- The spireWhite marble, on the bend of Broadway at 10th Street. Scaffolding covered the outside when we visited.
- The naveSlender piers and ribbed vaults, with brass chandeliers down the length of the church.
- The stained glassWindows by Clayton & Bell and Henry Holiday arrived in the late 19th century.
- The 1806 foundation stoneA stone from the first church on Rector Street, set into a wall of the present building.
Visiting
Hours and entry
- Hours vary and doors are often locked outside services. Check before you go.
- Free entry
Worth knowing
- The outside was under scaffolding on our visit, November 3, 2026
Photographs
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Where it is
40.7318° N · 73.9912° W
802 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
NEARBY ON THE ATLAS
St. Mark's in-the-BoweryEpiscopal · East 10th Street
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Fact file
- BUILT
- 1843–1846
- ARCHITECT
- James Renwick Jr.
- STYLE
- Gothic Revival
- PARISH FOUNDED
- 1806
- DENOMINATION
- Episcopal
PhotographsAll photographs by Erdo, taken in person, November 2026, unless credited. Image rights
SourcesGrace Church, service times · David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion · David W. Dunlap and Christopher Vecchione, Glory in Gotham
This pageLast updated November 4, 2026. Parish staff can update these facts for free.