The internationally-touring Castlewood Singers, from Indiana, bring a program of Southern Gospel favorites to Historic St. James AME Church. FREE ADMISSION, Donations accepted. Benefit concert for Historic St. James AME Church. Founded in 1844, Historic St. James is the first church of African Methodism established in the Deep South. The Neo-Gothic church was built in 1848 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The church is located at 222 N. Roman Street, New Orleans, LA 70112.