St. James AME Church
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- New Orleans, LA
St. James AME Church, founded in 1844 as the first church of African Methodism established in the Deep South, built its Neo-Gothic sanctuary in 1848 at 222 N. Roman Street. The congregation belongs to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest predominantly African American denomination in the United States, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
the building
Screen appearance. The church played the namesake congregation in the 2012 Hollywood film 21 Jump Street.
the style
The church was built in the Neo-Gothic style, the pointed-arch idiom widely adopted for American churches of the mid-19th century — here raised for a Deep South congregation just four years after its founding.
More on Gothic Revivalsignificance
St. James AME is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a New Orleans Historical Landmark, recognized as the first church of African Methodism established in the Deep South.
nearby
- Texaco Building
- Sister Stanislaus Memorial Building
- Saenger Theatre
- Orpheum Theater
- Shell Building
- Benson Tower