The church's spire was added between 1794 and 1796. 

Construction on the building's main body began in 1764 and was completed in 1766. 

St. Paul's Chapel served as a place of rest and refuge for recovery workers at the WTC site after the September 11, 2001 attacks 

1766 - Panorama - St. Paul's Chapel, Astor House, U.S. Post Office, 1905 

1766 - Photograph shows the vacant space where the World Trade Center (1973-2001) stood 

1766 - The church's octagonal spire rises from a square base and is topped by a replica of the Athenian Choragic Monument of Lysicrates (c. 335 BC). 

1766 - Rear view and graveyard 

1766 - Built of Manhattan mica-schist with brownstone quoins 

1766 - St. Paul's has the classical portico, boxy proportions and domestic details that are characteristic of Georgian churches. 

1766 - St. Paul's Chapel (rear) and cemetery, 1905 

1766 - the chapel's simple elegant hall has the pale colors, flat ceiling and cut glass chandeliers reminiscent of contemporary domestic interiors. 

1766 - George Washington's Pew 

2016 - A chapel building of Trinity Church 

2016 - An episcopal parish, the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan 

2016 - A comprehensive restoration of the building's exterior was begun in 2013.   At the façade, rusticated blocks of Manhattan schist and smooth sandstone accents were restored, repaired, or patched.

2016 - Upon completion in 1766, the church was the tallest building in New York City.  

2016 - Oak statue of the church's namesake, Saint Paul  On the Broadway side of the chapel's exterior is an oak statue of the church's namesake, Saint Paul, carved by an unknown sculptor and installed in 1790.

2016 - Montgomery statue under the East Window 

2016 - Rear view of Church 

2016 - LMHA ceremony 

2016 - Spire and portico added in 1794-1796, 30 years after the construction of the main building 

2016 - Inscription "Welcome to St. Paul's Chapel"  "Opened in 1766, St. Paul's Chapel in Manhattan's oldest public building in continuous use - a place where George Washington worshiped and 9/11 recovery workers received round the clock care. Part of the Episcopal Parish of Trinity Church, St. Paul's is a center for worship and the arts, a community of reconciliation, and a place of pilgrimage for all people."

2016 - Plaque on the front facade  St. Paul's Chapel has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the historic sites as of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. US Department of the Interior National Park Service 1962

2016 - Plaque on the front facade  Landmarks of New York St. Paul's Chapel This famous example of Georgian Architecture built 1764-1766, with spire and 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 in the fields by James Gibbs, President Washington was a regular attendant following his inauguration in 1789 when New York was the National Capital. Places erected 1957 by The New York Community Trust

1766 - First Presidential Proclamation of Thanksgiving Day  Initially opened as an outreach chapel of Trinity Church to better serve its expanding congregation. A decade later, the Great Fire of 1776 destroyed the first Trinity Church, but St. Paul’s survived, thanks to a bucket brigade dousing the building with water. Until the second Trinity Church was rebuilt in 1790, many, including George Washington, made St. Paul’s their church home. Over the next two centuries, the ministries of St. Paul’s expanded along with the city. Community outreach was a primary focus, with services to accommodate the needs of immigrants, working women, and the homeless.

1704 - St. Paul's Churchyard  Rather than restore the landscapes to a specific period in time, the church leadership agreed that these sacred spaces must reflect the evolution of time and significance to the community. The designs restore unobstructed views of the gravestones while protecting the base of mature trees from foot traffic. Low-scale circular beds around major trees form subtle landscape accents within the lines of gravestones. Additional improvements include soil amendments and new turf, replacement of damaged brownstone pavement, installation of bluestone check dams and runnels to solve erosion and compaction problems, and the removal of post-9/11 signage remnants.

1776 - Montgomery Monument  Leading the charge of the Battle of Quebec, Major General Richard Montgomery died under British fire in 1775. In order to drum up public support for the revolutionary war effort, Benjamin Franklin convinced the Continental Congress to commission the monument, to build support for separation from Britain. Benjamin Franklin championed the monument from its design to its installation, in spite of the intervening war and paltry coffers. On Jan 25th, 1776 Ben Franklin was given 300 pounds sterling to oversee its creation commissioning the French royal sculptor, Jean-Jacques Caffieri It was also Franklin who scouted the Versailles sculptor Jean-Jacques Caffieri. After Caffieri completed the sculpture in 1777, Franklin had the chutzpa to show it off in Paris while the war still raged. One year from declaring independence and the young nation was already commemorating its own. For the remainder of the war the monument was stowed away in North Carolina. By 1787, it found its way to front of St. Paul’s and Pierre L’Enfant, the so-to-be planner of Washington D.C., oversaw the installation. Montgomery is buried beneath the monument. This was the first piece of commissioned public artwork by the new country.

2002 - Bell of Hope  “The tolling of this bell is, of course, in mourning for those who tragically lost their lives here. And it’s a reminder, for those who choose, that there’s eternal life; that God has received these gentle souls into the arms of his mercy.” —the Rev. James Cooper, rector at Trinity Church. The Bell of Hope was a gift from London’s St. Mary-le-Bow, which is the sister church to St. Paul’s Chapel. Installed in the churchyard of St. Paul’s Chapel in September 2002, the Bell of Hope is rung at a ceremony every year on September 11th. It has also been rung after the bombings in Madrid, 2004; London, 2005; Mumbai, 2008; Moscow, 2010; and the Boston Marathon, 2013; and for the shootings at Virginia Tech, 2007 and in Norway, 2011. In the tradition of the FDNY’s salute to fallen firefighters, St. Paul’s clergy tolls the bell in four sets of five rings. The inscription “To the Greater Glory of God And in Recognition of The Enduring Links Between The City of London And The City of New York” The bronze bell was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London’s East End. The foundry was founded in 1570 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It is where the U.S. symbol of independence, the Liberty Bell was cast in 1752. This foundry also cast Big Ben, the bell in Elizabeth’s Tower at the Houses of Parliament, in 1859 Beneath the bell is a stylized map of the footprints of the World Trade Center complex as it stood before the attacks and destruction of September 11th 2001. The Twin Towers are clearly visible, surrounded by the lower-rising buildings making up the complex.