St. James Kingsessing

St. James Kingsessing
St. James Kingsessing Episcopal Church
St. James Kingsessing
St. James Kingsessing
39°55′20″N 75°14′21″W / 39.922136°N 75.239052°W / 39.922136; -75.239052
Location6838 Woodland Ave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19142
CountryUnited States
DenominationEpiscopal
Websitestjameskingsessing.org

St. James Kingsessing, commonly called "Old Swedes," is an historic American church located at 68th Street and Woodland Avenue in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is one of the churches created by settlers and descendants of the Delaware Valley colony of New Sweden, a colony planted by the Swedish South Company that existed from 1638 and 1655, when it was conquered by the Dutch. St. James, built in 1762, is a sister congregation to the old Swedish church of Gloria Dei in the Southwark neighborhood of Philadelphia.