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Title
Third
and
Market
streets
.
Subject
St
.
James
Episcopal
Church
,
Third
Street
,
Market
Street
,
Carolina
Apartments
,
Colonial
Apartments
Description
St
.
James
Episcopal
Church
is
at the
center
, with the
tower
of the
church's
Great
Hall
and
Carolina
Apartments
in the
distance
. At
left
is
the
Colonial
Apartments
with its
mansard
roof
. The
top
of the
red
brick
YMCA
building
can
be
seen
next
to the
Apartments
. The
George
Davis
Statue
is
in the
center
of the
plaza
.
Between
the
trees
at
right
,
is
upper
porch
of the
Burgwin-Wright
House
, also
known
locally
as the
Cornwallis
House
.
St
.
James
Parish
was
established
by the
General
Assembly
of the
Colony
of
Carolina
in
November
,
1729
. In
1741
, the
parish
was
divided
, with
St
.
James
Parish
on the
east
side
of the
Cape
Fear
River
and
St
.
Philip's
on the
west
side
. The
construction
of the
first
church
building
was
begun
in
1751
,
funded
by an
annual
tax
of
one
shilling
and
four
pence
on
all
taxes
of the
parish
for
three
years
.
Nearly
twenty
years
passed
before
the
building
was
completed
in
1770
. In
1837
, the
parish
decided
that
due
to the
dilapidated
state
of the
old
1770
church
building
, a
new
sanctuary
was
necessary
.
Thomas
U
.
Walter
, an
architect
from
Philadelphia
,
PA
, was
chosen
to
design
the
Gothic
Revival
structure
.
Later
(1865)
,
Walter
would
become
known
for his
design
of the
cast-iron
dome
of the
U.S
.
Capitol
building
. The
new
church
building
was
consecrated
on
March
29
,
1840
.
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