St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church, Episcopal church building in Tampa Heights, Florida.

St. James House of Prayer is a Gothic Revival church of rough gray stone, built in 1922 with a crenellated entrance tower topped by a small stone cross and pointed-arch windows. Its 16-inch concrete walls are faced entirely with flint rock stacked in mortar, gathered from the bottom of the Hillsborough River where it meets the bay.

St. James Episcopal was organized in 1892 for Tampa's Black population, including Bahamian and Cuban cigar workers. The House of Prayer, founded in 1907 and named a parish in 1926, became one of Tampa's first racially integrated churches in the 1960s. The two merged in 1997 after St. James's property was chosen for Blake High School and House of Prayer had lost parish status; the new parish gained full status in 2001.

St. James Episcopal was organized in 1892 for Tampa's Black population, when segregation was the norm and Bahamian and Cuban immigrants were arriving to work in the cigar industry. The congregation served the city's African-American community for more than a century. The House of Prayer, founded in 1907, became one of Tampa's first racially integrated churches in the 1960s.

The building sits on Central Avenue in Tampa Heights and is accessible by standard city routes. As an active parish church, visiting hours may vary, but the exterior architecture can be appreciated anytime.

The building earned the nickname 'The Rock Church' because of the stones dredged from the Hillsborough River. Visitors often notice how these local materials give the structure a grounded, authentic character.