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This church had an humble origin when Oakland numbered but few houses, and not over a hundred inhabitants. During the Summer of 1852, two families met and worshiped unitedly until a member of one of the families fell seriously ill, when the services were discontinued.
In August, 1853, Rev. Dr. Ver Mehr, Rector of Grace Church, San Francisco, visited Oakland to aid in the establishment of a church, and with much difficulty a meeting of twelve persons was convened. For various reasons, however, the project was for the time abandoned. To- ward the close of the same year, the Rev. Dr. Morgan appeared, and preached a sermon to a small but attentive audience beneath the branches of one of Oakland's shady trees; and so favorable was the im- pression then made, that it was determined that a covered church of some kind should be procured by the following Sunday, if the reverend gentle- man would repeat his visit. A large tent, 25 by 70 feet, was erected, with a cross upon the apex to designate the object of the structure, and a temporary pulpit fitted up. Mr. Morgan, however, was in some man- ner detained, but a Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Mr. Walsworth, who had incidentally visited Oakland, being present in the congregation, was invited to officiate. The same week the tent and appurtenances were sold to the Presbyterians.
In December, 1854, the Right Rev. Bishop Kip celebrated divine service in a room that had been prepared for the purpose. In January, 1855, the missionary, Rev. E. W. Syle arrived, and became acting rec- tor of the embryo parish. The first communion service was celebrated on Sunday, February 4th, when eleven communed with the rector. On March 5th of the same year, the parish was regularly incorporated and trustees elected, but it was not until the 8th of August following that a constitution and by-laws were finally adopted. During the same month a rented room was fitted up as a church, with benches, at a cost of $150, current expenses being met by collections every Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. Syle resigned January, 1856, and from that time lay services were regularly held, Bishop Kip occasionally officiating.
In July, 1856, the Rev. James W. Capen became rector, and con- tinued in charge until 1857, when he resigned.
On March Ist, 1858, the present rector entered upon the discharge of his duties.
A lot was purchased in 1860 for the sum of $450, and a church edi- fice erected thereon at a cost of $2,600, which has since been enlarged twice. The church was consecrated to divine service March Ist, 1860. Number of communicants, June, 1872, one hundred and fifty.
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The Sunday School connected with the church was organized April, 1858. It has an attendance of one hundred and twenty-five teachers and scholars, and a library of eight hundred volumes. Meets at forty-five minutes past nine o'clock, A. M .; Superintendent, Stephen Smith.
Church Officers-R. W. Kirkham, Senior Warden; Charles D. Haven, Junior Warden ; Murray Davis, Treasurer; W. J. Younger, Clerk : James De Fremery, Robert H. Bennett, Joseph W. Jordan and James N. Olney, Vestrymen.
St. Paul's (Episcopal).
Location, southeast corner of Twelfth and Webster streets. Rev. Charles W. Turner, Rector ; residence, Tubbs' Hotel, Brooklyn.
This church was organized January 19th, 1871, with a membership of twenty. The Rev. Thomas Williams was placed temporarily in charge, and officiated until May, 1871, when the present rector was called to the parish. Number of communicants June, 1872, eighty.
Immediately after the date of organization, the congregation purchased a lot and edifice for the sum of $10,000, fitting it for divine service at a cost of $2,000 additional. The debt has been reduced within the first eighteen months of the parish existence by the sum of $3,000.
The Sunday school connected with the church was organized Jan- uary, 1871. It has an attendance of sixty-six teachers and scholars, and a library of one hundred and twenty volumes. Meets at forty-five minutes past two o'clock, P. M. Superintendent, Rev. Charles W. Turner ; Assistant Superintendent, Francis S. Page.
Church Officers .- Allen I. Gladding, Senior Warden ; Watson Webb, Junior Warden and Secretary ; T. W. Fenn, Treasurer ; John A. Stanly, John B. Harmon, Thomas Yolland, William C. Parker, Heman P. Bab- cock and B. G. Lathrop, Vestrymen.
Methodist Episcopal.
Location, southwest corner of Washington and Ninth streets. Rev. Thomas S. Dunn, Pastor; residence northwest corner of Tenth and West streets.
This church was organized in 1862, through the exertions of Rev. C. E. Rich, who entered upon his duties as pastor in September of the same year, and continued in charge until September, 1864, when he was succeeded by the Rev. C. Miller, who officiated one year. The Rev. H. H. Hartwell next took charge, until September, 1866, when he was suc- ceeded by the Rev. L. Walker, who officiated until September, 1869, when the present pastor entered upon the discharge of his duties.
In December, 1862, a small building was erected on the corner of Sixth and Washington streets, and used as a chapel until 1864, when the society purchased a lot for the sum of $1,000, and erected the edifice now occupied by them at a cost of about $4,500. Number of commu- nicants, June, 1872, one hundred and forty.
The Sunday School connected with the church was organized Decem- ber, 1862. It has an average attendance of one hundred and thirty
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teachers and scholars, and a library of seven hundred and ninety-three volumes. Three hundred and ten Sunday School papers and magazines are distributed monthly. Meets at half-past nine o'clock A. M.
Church Officers .- M. T. Holcomb, W. J. Tucker, C. H. Bradley, M. S. Hurd, E. W. Playter, George Miller, James Stratton, W. W. Terry and William H. Rouse, Board of Stewards ; C. H. Bradley, M. T. Hol- comb, George Miller, John W. Carrick and James T. Stratton, Trustees.
African Methodist Episcopal.
Location, southeast corner of Market and Seventh streets. Rev. James Dorsey, Pastor ; residence, rear of the church.
This church had its origin in 1862, when a small congregation was brought together through the exertions of Mr. Abram Gross, who preached to them for a time in a school house near the corner of Clay and Fifth streets. They afterwards worshiped for a few months at the residence of a member of the congregation, and then in the public school house at Brooklyn.
In 1863 they organized and purchased a lot and the small wooden edifice which they now occupy, for the sum of $700. Mr. John Lane, a local preacher, then took charge and officiated about one year. Since his connection with the church ceased, several local preachers officiated successively until the spring of 1872, when the present pastor took charge.
The Sunday school connected with the church was organized in 1868. It has an attendance of about twenty teachers and scholars. Meets at one o'clock P. M. Superintendent, Rev. James Dorsey.
Church Officers .- Abram Gross, Isaac Flood and Prince Williams, Stewards ; Abram Gross, Isaac Flood, Prince Williams, - Howard and Samuel Bowser, Trustees.
First Presbyterian.
Location, southeast corner of Broadway and Thirteenth streets. Rev. Daniel W. Poor, Pastor; residence, Telegraph Avenue near Locust street.
This church was organized in the spring of 1853, being the oldest of any denomination in Oakland. The first services were held in a cloth tent, and afterwards in the public school house under the pastoral charge of the Rev. S. B. Bell. He was succeeded by the Rev. E. B. Wals- worth, who officiated until December, 1865, when the Rev. L. Hamilton was called to the pastorate, and continued in charge until February 24th, 1869. The present pastor entered upon the discharge of his duties August 17th, 1869. Number of communicants, June, 1872, one hundred and thirty.
The edifice now occupied by the congregation was erected in 1853, at a cost of $15,000.
The Sunday school connected with the church was organized in 1853. It has an attendance of two hundred and twenty-five, teachers and scholars, and a library of seven hundred and fifty volumes. Meets at half-past nine o'clock A. M. Superintendent, W. H. Knight.
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Church Officers .- J. J. Gardiner, W. S. Bartlett, Elijah Bigelow, C. W. Armes, George W. Armes and W. C. Dodge, Elders ; W. H. Knight, Charles K. Clark, J. L. Barker and C. P. Hoag, Deacons.
Second Presbyterian.
A society has been recently organized for the purpose of erecting a new house of worship for the convenience of members residing at a con- siderable distance from the present church location.
The following officers have been elected: D. A. Brown, Elder ; Thomas A. Simpson, James Hutchinson and J. M. Selfridge, Trustees.
Independent Presbyterian.
Location, southeast corner of Jefferson and Twelfth streets. Rev. L. Hamilton, Pastor ; residence, west side of Jackson near Twelfth street.
This church was organized February 28th, 1869, and is the only one of a similar character in California. The pastor of this congregation officiated for several years as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in this city, but for opinions expressed by him he was tried before the Pres- bytery, and subsequently before the Synod, resulting in his being deposed by those bodies February 24th, 1869. A large portion of Mr. Hamilton's congregation, who were opposed to this decision of the Presbytery and Synod, determined upon organizing another society, and secured Brayton Hall as a temporary place of worship, where services were held until the spring of 1870, when the edifice now occupied by the congregation was erected at a cost, including lot, of about $22,500. Number of communi- cants June, 1872, about sixty-five.
The Sunday School connected with the church was organized March 6th, 1869. It has an attendance of one hundred and thirty-seven teach- ers and scholars, and a library of five hundred volumes. Meets at half- past twelve o'clock P. M. Superintendent, Rev. L. Hamilton.
Church Officers-Rev. Henry Durant and Rev. David McClure.
Trustees of Society-Rev. Henry Durant, George C. Potter, N. W. Spaulding, John R. Glascock, J. S. Emery, Hiram Tubbs, Rev. David McClure, Charles Webb Howard and J. Preston Moore.
German Presbyterian.
Rev. William Buehren, Pastor ; residence, south side of Eighth street between Jackson and Madison.
Services are held every Sunday, at eleven o'clock A. M., in the Odd Fellows' Hall, northwest corner of Franklin and Eleventh streets. Usual attendance from twenty-five to forty. It is the intention of the congre- gation, when regularly organized, to purchase a lot and erect a church edifice.
Church of the Immaculate Conception, (Roman Catholic.)
Location, west side of Jefferson street between Seventh and Eighth. Rev. Michael King, Pastor ; Rev. Fathers Cerda and Cleary, Assistants. Pastoral residence adjoining the church.
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Twenty years ago a room in a private house served as a place of wor- ship for the Catholics of Oakland and nearly the whole of the present County of Alameda. A priest from the Mission of San Jose occasion- ally made a visit to celebrate mass and administer the sacraments, and even these occasional visits had to be omitted during the rainy season, owing to the bad roads. The first church, a building of the most modest description, was erected in 1853 through the exertions of a few of the congregation, and for some time was the only Catholic place of worship in the whole of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, with the exception of the old Mission. Subsequent additions made by the Rev. Fathers Croke and King increased the size of this edifice until it was capable of holding a congregation of several hundreds, but this, too, has become entirely inadequate to the needs of the population of Oakland, although three new parishes have been formed in the county. In 1869, Father King determined to erect a church on a scale commensurate with the promised importance of this city. Plans accordingly were prepared for a building surpassing in dimensions anything in the State, though only with the intention of erecting a part of it at first, a design which has been car- ried out in the present structure. The foundations were laid in that year, but various causes retarded any further progress until May, 1871, when the superstructure was commenced, and pushed vigorously forward since. Although not quite completed, the church was dedicated on the 23d of June last. The ceremony of dedication was performed by the Archbishop Allemany. The sermon was preached by Father Gal- lagher, to whom, nearly twenty years ago, the Catholics of Oakland were in a great measure indebted for their first place of worship.
The new church is of wood, with heavy brick foundations, and built in the strongest manner, with double walls firmly braced together. The nave roof principals are supported by posts twelve inches square and fifty-four feet long, to which the principals of the aisle roofs are secured at a height of about thirty-four feet, and these at the outside rest on posts eight inches square and strengthened by side buttresses. The style of the building is early Gothic, and it consists of a nave, side aisles, chan- cel and two front towers. The latter are to be surmounted by spires at a future period, but even in their present state, their height (one hundred and four feet to the top of the pinnacles) and size give a highly imposing appearance to the front. The roof is open ; on the inside, the spaces be- tween the principals and tie beams, and the latter and the arch braces in both nave and aisle roofs, being filled in with light and elegant open-work tracery. The ceiling is paneled and painted blue, with stars ; the wood work being painted white with flower patterns in tertiary colors. At the sides the arch braces under the roof timbers are terminated in carved niches, intended to receive statues of the twelve apostles. The cornices are also of wood, the arches between the nave and aisles and the chancel arch being, with the walls and ceiling under the organ gallery, the only plaster work in the building. The organ gal- lery projects only a few feet into the church, thus allowing its full dimen- sions to be better appreciated. The windows are filled with rich stained
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glass, the heads being ornamented with emblematic figures, and the large front window being quite a fine specimen of artistic design. Much of the interior work is yet unfinished, but that which has been done gives promise of an excellent finish when completed. It is not the least satis- factory matter in connection with this building, that it is entirely the pro- duct of California design and workmanship. Nearly all the men em- ployed on it belong to Oakland ; the stained glass was manufactured by Mallon & Boyle, of San Francisco, and the fresco painting executed by S. Buzzi, of the same city. The entire cost of this building is about $33,000, and it may be safely set down as one of the cheapest erections of its kind in California. It will seat about twelve hundred and fifty persons. The old church will be converted into a free school, under the charge of the Sisters for the female department, and of the Christian Brothers for the boys.
Masses on Sundays in the new church at seven, nine and half-past ten o'clock A. M. Vespers at half-past seven o'clock P. M. Mass on week 'days at seven o'clock A. M.
The Sunday School connected with the church was organized in 1853. It has an attendance of two hundred scholars. The girls are taught by the Sisters of the Convent of the Sacred Heart; the boys by the pastors. The school for girls meets at half-past nine o'clock A. M. ; for boys at half-past two o'clock P. M. Superintendent, Rev. Michael King.
ASSOCIATIONS, SOCIETIES, ETC.
Masonic Fraternity.
LIVE OAK LODGE, NO. 61, F. AND A. M .- Instituted May 4th, 1855. Number of members, one hundred and twenty-five. Meets Friday evenings in the hall southwest corner of Broadway and Eighth streets.
Officers-T. P. Wales, W. M .; William H. Irwin, S. W .; Henry E. Evers, J. W .; J. E. Whitcher, Treasurer ; James Lentell, Secretary ; Frank Stevens, S. D .; William Clayton, J. D .; Rev. Benjamin Akerly, Chaplain ; George M. Blair and John Irwin, Stewards ; Walter Prosser, Tyler.
OAKLAND LODGE NO. 188, F. AND A. M .- Instituted Novem- ber 4th, 1868. Number of members, one hundred and seventy. Stated meetings first Wednesday evening of every month, and called meetings Saturday evenings, in the hall southwest corner of Broadway and Twelfth streets.
Officers-W. J. Gurnett, W. M .; J. H. Wilson, Ş. W .; F. B. Tar- bett, J. W .; J. M. Miner, Treasurer ; J. E. Ingols, Secretary ; J. J. Por- ter, S. D .; Joseph Dieves, J. D .; Rev. J. E. Benton, Chaplain ; Jesse Walton and A. K. Kipps, Stewards ; T. J. Murphy, Marshal ; William Ingersoll, Tyler.
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OAKLAND CHAPTER NO. 26, R. A. M .- Instituted May 5th, 1860. Number of members, eighty. Meets Thursday evenings in the hall south- west corner of Broadway and Eighth streets.
Officers -- George M. Blake, H. P .; T. P. Wales, K .; J. M. Miner, S .; Stephen Nolan, C. H .; William H. Irwin, P. S .; C. H. Cordes, R. A. C .; Henry E. Evers, G. M. 3d V .; Christian Bagge, G. M. 2d V .; F. K. Shattuck, G. M. Ist V .; J. E. Whitcher, Treasurer ; Rev. Benjamin Akerly, Secretary.
ALAMEDA CHAPTER NO. 36, R. A. M .- Instituted November IIth, 1868. Number of members, sixty-five. Meets Thursday evenings in the hall southwest corner of Broadway and Twelfth streets.
Officers-N. W. Spaulding, H. P .; Walter Van Dyke, K .; E. H. Pardee, S .; C. C. Knowles, C. H .; W. J. Gurnett, P. S .; T. H. Pinker- ton, R. A. C .; J. J. Porter, G. M. 3d V .; Walter Laidlaw, G. M. 2d V .; William Craib, G. M. Ist V .; F. B. Tarbett, Treasurer; J. E. Ingols, Secretary.
OAK LEAF CHAPTER NO. 8, (ADOPTIVE RITE OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR) .- Instituted March 22d, 1872. Number of members, fifty. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of every month in the hall southwest corner of Broadway and Eighth streets.
Officers-Jeremiah E. Whitcher, W. P .; Mrs. Henrietta Whitcher, W. M .; Mrs. Lucy E. Dam, A. M .; Mrs. S. Anderson, Treasurer ; Mrs. Sarah Warner, Secretary ; Mrs. C. W. Hewes, Conductress ; Mrs. Mary E. Partridge, Associate Conductress ; Mrs. Susan B. Lentell, Warder ; Albert Shorey, Sentinel.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
OAKLAND LODGE NO. 118-Instituted July 5th, 1864. Number of members, one hundred and seventy-eight. Meets every Tuesday evening in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers-John Dermot, N. G. ; S. S. Boynton, V. G .; John D. Elms, R. S .; William Clayton, P. S. ; Chas. Barlow, Treasurer.
UNIVERSITY LODGE, NO. 144 .- Instituted June 20th, 1868. Num- ber of members one hundred and twenty-seven. Meets every Thursday evening in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers-Carlton Curtis, N. G .; Thomas J. Murphy, V. G. ; George E. Sherman, R. S .; J. W. Wolf, P. S .; E. L. Wetmore, Treasurer.
FOUNTAIN LODGE, NO. 198-Instituted December, 1871. Num- ber of members, forty-eight. Meets every Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers-J. E. Ingols, N. G. ; W. L. McKay, V. G. ; H. D. Under- wood, R. S. ; R. Von Pfister, P. S. ; J. E. Whitcher, Treasurer.
ALAMEDA DEGREE LODGE, NO. 5 .- Instituted Febuary 13th, 1869. Number of members, about two hundred and fifty. Meets first and third Fridays of every month in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers -- Carlton Curtis, N. G .; George H. Fogg, V. G .; Jacob Ro- senberg, Secretary ; John Mc Vey, Treasurer.
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GOLDEN RULE ENCAMPMENT, NO. 34 .- Instituted March, 1869. Number of members, eighty-two. Meets second and fourth Fridays of every month in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers-Carlton Curtis, C. P. ; Robert Dalziel, H. P. ; B. Van Vran- ken, S. W .; H. D. Underwood, J. W .; Charles W. Hewes, Jr., Scribe ; Joseph Becht, Treasurer.
ODD FELLOWS' HALL ASSOCIATION .- Incorporated June, 1869. Capital stock, $16,000. Meets the last Monday evening of every month.
During the latter part of 1869 the Association purchased a lot on the northwest corner of Franklin and Eleventh streets for the sum of $4,300, and erected thereon a building fifty by eighty feet, and three stories in height, at a cost, including furniture, of $16,959. It is built of wood, in a substantial manner, and well adapted for the purposes intended. The first floor is fitted up for stores; on the second floor is the hall for meetings and the library room, and on the third floor the chess and refreshment rooms.
Officers-J. E. Marchand, President ; T. J. Murphy, Vice President ; George H. Fogg, Secretary ; Joseph Becht, Treasurer ; Peter Baker, O. H. Burnham and J. L. Browne, Board of Directors.
ODD FELLOWS' LIBRARY ASSOCIATION .- Organized Au- gust 12th, 1867; transferred to the Lodges June 5th, 1871. Rooms, Odd Fellows' Hall, northwest corner of Franklin and Eleventh streets.
The library contains about fourteen hundred and fifty volumes in the various departments of literature. During the past year two hundred and seventy-seven volumes were purchased and seventeen donated. The total number of books issued to members during the same time was four thousand four hundred and ninety-two. The library rooms are open from three to six o'clock, P. M., and from seven to nine o'clock, P. M., ex- cept during the Summer when the hours are, half-past three to nine o'clock, P. M.
The Treasurer's accounts for the year ending July Ist, 1872, show as follows : Amount contributed to library by Lodges, $527.50. Received from other sources, $248.95. Total, $776.45. Expenditures, $670.47. Balance on hand, $105.98, which will more than pay all outstanding in- debtedness.
Officers-C. J. Robinson, G. E. Sherman, B. C. Austin, J. C. Holland, William Clayton, J. E. Benton, W. L. McKay, Joseph Lufkin and J. E. Ingols, Board of Directors ; John Goss, Librarian.
Independent Order of Good Templars.
ATHENS LODGE, NO. 286-Instituted September 19th, 1867. Number of members, one hundred and eighty-six. Meets every Satur- day evening in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers-George M. Blake, P. W. C. T .; Samuel Bailey, W. C. T .; Mrs. G. M. Blake, W. V. T .; Walter Mathews, W. S .; R. Cavasso, W. F. S .; Mrs. P. M. Brower, W. T .; David B. Bankhead, W. C .;
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William Fountain, W. M .; Miss Etta Peckham, W. D. M .; Jessie Whit- comb, W. A. S .; Miss Lamb, W. I. G .; E. G.Jones, W. O. G.
Independent Order of Red Men.
ALAMEDA STAMM, NO. 113 .- Instituted October Ist, 1867. Number of members, fifty-one. Meets every Monday evening in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Officers-John Jurgens, O. Ch. ; Jacob Loebenstein, U. Ch. ; Richard E. Harmon, R. S. and F. S .; Henry Kornahrens, Chaplain ; Joseph Smith, Treasurer.
Improved Order of Red Men.
CHEROKEE TRIBE, NO. 27 .- Instituted 1869. Number of members, eighty. Meets every Monday evening at their hall, east side of Broadway, between Third and Fourth streets.
Officers-Alexander Gemmell, W. P .; William H. Parshley, W. S .; J. C. Plunkett, S. S. ; Patrick Vickery, J. S .; F. Gertner, C. R .; Wm. T. Myles, K. W.
Knights of Pythias.
LIVE OAK LODGE, NO. 17 .- Organized August 12th, 1870. Number of members, seventy-two. Meets every Wednesday evening in the hall, east side of Broadway, between Third and Fourth streets.
Officers-J. C. Holland, V. P. ; Charles Parry, W. C. ; Jonas Humbert, W. V. C .; Samuel Bailey, W. R. S .; Gershon Baker, W. F. S .; Robert Swarbrick, W. B .; Robert Armstrong, W. G .; George Lewis, W. I. S .; Adam Follrath, W. O. S.
Miscellaneous.
ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION . - Organ- ized October 25th, 1869. Incorporated January 9th, 1871. Number of members, twenty. Meets the first Monday of every month, at eight o'clock P. M., in the Health Office, City Hall. Semi-annual meetings held the first Monday in January and July. The objects of the associa- tion are : First, The cultivation and advancement of the science of medicine by united exertions for mutual improvement, and contributions to medical literature. Second. The promotion of the character, interests and honor of the fraternity, by maintaining the union and harmony of the regular profession of the county, and aiming to elevate the standard of medical education. Third. The separation of regular from irregular practitioners. Fourth. The association of the profession proper, for purposes of mutual recognition and fellowship. Five committees have been appointed by the association, who are required to make a report at the monthly or semi-annual meetings, on the following subjects, viz : Vital Statistics ; Hygiene, Sewerage, etc .; Medical Botany ; Geology and Topography ; Meteorology.
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