▁c emetery ▁was ▁established ▁prior ▁to ▁its ▁earliest ▁known ▁bur ial , ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 3 , ▁is ▁not ▁known . ▁ ▁The ▁frame ▁church ▁ble w ▁down ▁during ▁a ▁storm ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 4 ▁and ▁a ▁new ▁church ▁was ▁built ▁of ▁stone . ▁A ▁new ▁church ▁in ▁a ▁figur ative ▁sense ▁came ▁along ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 6 , ▁when ▁the ▁con greg ation ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁past or . ▁To ▁resolve ▁the ▁problem , ▁they ▁became ▁Luther ans ▁and ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁St . ▁Paul ' s . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁the ▁complex ▁began ▁to ▁expand ▁with ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁parish ▁hall ▁on ▁the ▁north ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁property . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁the ▁con greg ation ' s ▁growth ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁fund ra ising ▁drive ▁for ▁another ▁new ▁church . ▁The ▁stone ▁church ▁was ▁demol ished ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 , ▁as ▁wor sh ipp ers ▁began ▁dig ging ▁a ▁new ▁cell ar . ▁The ▁current ▁church ▁was ▁built ▁for ▁$ 1 8 , 6 5 0 ▁($ ▁in ▁contemporary ▁dollars ) ▁and ▁opened ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁architect ▁Lawrence ▁B . ▁V alk , ▁who ▁had ▁written ▁extens ively ▁about ▁church ▁design ▁in ▁an ▁ 1 8 7 3 ▁book , ▁Church ▁Architecture . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁" ch urch es ▁are ▁for ▁the ▁salv ation ▁of ▁sou ls , ▁not ▁for ▁architect