A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey : embracing practically two and a half centuries, 1666-1913, Volume II, Part 40

Author: Urquhart, Frank J. (Frank John), 1865- 4n; Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 4n
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: New York, N.Y. ; Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1136


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St. Paul's Church, located at the northeastern corner of High and Market streets, was originally erected in 1852 as a chapel. At the same time the schoolhouse was built. This property, the gift of Jeremiah C. Garth- waite, had been a garden farm. The rectory is the old farmhouse. The parish was organized May 5, 1853. The minister in charge was Rev. Andrew Mackie. The wardens were B. T. Nichols and J. T. Garthwaite. The ves- trymen were D. O. Scott, A. N. Dougherty, M. D., F. Calloway, J. H. Brient- nall, C. W. Harrison and J. G. Cunningham. Efforts toward building a church were begun in 1856. On April 25, 1873, the first stone of the foundation was laid. The church was not completed as it stands to-day until 1889. On June 24 of that year the first services were held. The church is not yet wholly completed, the design calling for an extension of the nave


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and a tower or steeple. The succession of rectors is as follows: Rev. Andrew Mackie, 1852; Rev. Hannibal Goodwin, 1854; Rev. Joseph H. Smith, 1859; Rev. William J. Roberts, 1882; Rev. Millidge Walker, 1890; Rev. Dwight Galloupe, 1896; Rev. J. Martyn Neifert, 1901, and Rev. Henry H. Hadley, 1906.


St. Philip's Church (Colored), Newark, located on High street, between New and Bleecker, was started in 1848. The first services were held in the second story of a schoolhouse at the corner of Halsey and New streets. Rev. James Tyng, principal of the Newark Academy, was the minister in charge. Most of the attendants had been communicants at Old Trinity. Soon after the organization of this church it received from Senator William Wright, of 8 Park place, a member of Trinity, the gift of two lots on High street, near New. A small brick edifice was built under the direction of the rector, Rev. Joshua Smith. In 1896, under the rectorship of Rev. Reeve Hobbie, this building was enlarged. The following clergymen have been in charge of St. Philip's: Rev. Messrs. James Tyng, David M. Toelker, Henry Sherman, Joshua Smith, William Reese, J. J. Danner, William Webb, J. B. Massiah, Alfred Harper, Reeve Hobbie, B. Wellington Paxton, 1903 to 1911, and the present rector, Rev. Robert D. Brown, who took charge in 1912. Mr. Paxton is now at St. Andrew's, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Brown came from Columbus, Ohio.


St. Barnabas' Church, on the triangle formed by Warren street, Sussex and Roseville avenues, began its existence when the first service of the parish was held in a dwelling-house September 12, 1852. The following year it was fully organized. William Dusenberry, a layman, was chiefly instrumental in establishing the parish. The Sunday School was organized October 9, 1852. The first church edifice was of wood, and consecrated in 1855 by Bishop George W. Doane. It was burned in 1862. The present stone structure, without the transepts, was consecrated on St. Barnabas' Day, 1864. The transepts were added in 1869. The rectory was built in 1869, and the parish house in 1889. The porch at the entrance facing Warren street was added in 1913. The succession of rectors follows: Rev. G. N. Sleight, 1855; Rev. Mr. Leech, 1856; Rev. E. S. Watson, 1860; Rev. William J. Lynd, 1863-1867; Rev. Robert McMurdy, 1868-1869; Rev. Wil- liam G. Farrington, 1870; Rev. George F. Flichtner, 1873-1883, and Rev. Stephen H. Granberry, 1884, the present rector.


St. John's Church, Newark, was organized September 2, 1867. At that time its location, at Elwood and Lincoln avenues, was in Woodside, then a part of Belleville. The corner stone was laid by Bishop Oden- heimer, November 29, 1867. The Rev. Samuel Hall, the first rector, entered upon his duties February 8, 1868. The church was formally opened by the Bishop on September 15, 1868. It was consecrated July 25, 1872. The succession of rectors is as follows: Rev. Messrs. Samuel Hall, 1868-1873; Henry M. Barbour, April, 1883; Francis A. Henry, April, 1886; J. B. Wetherell, November, 1886; J. H. McCandless, April, 1887; George C. Pennell, S. T. D .; Arthur B. Conger, March 28, 1880; Alonzo L. Wood, Frank A. Sanborn, George W. Lincoln, Rev. Rowland S. Nichols who came from St. Paul's Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, from February 28, 1906, to 1913, resigned to engage in church work in Porto Rico. The present rector is Rev. C. P. Parker, who came early in 1913.


St. Stephen's Church, Newark, at the junction of Clinton and Eliza- beth avenues, had its beginning in a mission Sunday school established


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by Trinity Church during the rectorship of Rev. J. C. Eccleston. In 1867 a brick chapel was built on Clinton avenue directly opposite the present site. These services were held by the assistant ministers of Trinity, Rev. C. E. McIlvaine and Rev. Henry M. Stewart, and by other clergymen. On June 14, 1871, the congregation was organized as a parish. Cortlandt Parker and Charles H. Allcock were the wardens. The first rector was Rev. Edward Brenton Boggs, D. D. The present site was acquired, and the corner stone of the present edifice was laid by Bishop Odenheimer, October 18, 1873. The church is of frame structure but a massive foundation, which still remains outside the walls, was laid for a stone edifice. The panic of 1873 caused the alteration in the plans. The first service in the present building was held on Thursday evening, November 20, 1879. Bishop Scarborough officiated, assisted by Bishop- elect Starkey. The church was handsomely embellished in 1906 by a coat of stucco. The rectors have been Rev. Edward B. Boggs, 1879-1881; Rev. Edwin G. Richardson, 1883-1884; Rev. Edwin F. Small, 1885-1892; Rev. Richard W. Sherman, 1892-1899. The present rector, Rev. E. A. Wasson, Ph. D., was elected in 1899. Previously for six years he had been located at Great Falls, Montana. He is a native of New York City. Dr. Wasson publishes "The Crown" previously for many years the organ of St. Stephen's exclusively, but now a magazine of general interest.


St. James' Church, Newark, located on Belleville avenue opposite Taylor street, began as a mission of Trinity, April 13, 1888. Its original location was at the corner of Belleville and Bloomfield avenues. Active in organizing this parish was the late Cortlandt Parker, and with him were Oscar B. Mockridge and John O. Baker. A new site was secured, and the present edifice was erected in 1891. Soon afterward the parish house was added. The first rector was Rev. Cyrus B. Durand, who died in 1904. The present rector, Rev. T. Percival Bate, previously a missionary in Nebraska, took charge November 1, 1904. Under his ministry the church has greatly prospered, nearly trebling its membership.


St. Thomas' Church, Newark, located at the northwest corner of Roseville and Park avenues, was organized in December, 1892. It was incorporated in May, 1893. The original building located on North Ninth street, between Park and Sixth avenues, was opened for service in the spring of 1894. The first rector was Rev. Arthur Whittaker, who resigned in 1894. Rev. William Kirkus, his successor, removed in May, 1896, and was succeeded by Rev. Everard P. Miller, who took charge in October, 1896, and removed in 1910. Rev. Eugene N. Curtis took charge as rector on September 4, 1910, and removed on May 1, 1912. During his rectorship the present building was erected. The first service in the new edifice was held February 25, and the dedication occurred on March 10, 1912.


The present rector, Rev. John H. Atkinson took charge October 13, 1912. During March, 1913, the church was moved forward and the recreation rooms built in the rear.


St. Matthew's Church (German), Newark, was organized May 31, 1848, by the late Rev. Julius D. Rose, Ph. D., of Elizabeth, formerly of the Lutheran Church. Services were held in various places until Grace Church in 1848 abandoned its original site on Market street, opposite Beaver, and allowed the use of it to St. Matthew's. Dr. Rose continued rector until 1862, and then became chaplain of the Seventh New Jersey Regiment. Wounded and honorably discharged, he returned to his rector- ship, but later, in 1865, resigned because of broken health. The church


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removed to West Kinney and Charlton streets in 1872, having erected a new edifice. On July 1, 1896, the church was sold to a congregation of Hungarian Presbyterians. St. Matthew's bought six lots at the corner of Avon and Chadwick avenues, and laid on March 3, 1907, the cornerstone of a new church. On May 19th of the same year the first services in this third home of the parish were held. The following clergymen have been in charge up to 1900: Rev. Messrs. Wey, Martin Albert, J. Ungar and A. Lechner, Johannes Rockstroh and George W. Mayer. Rectors Ungar and Lechner died while incumbents of St. Matthew's. Rev. August Ullman, D. D. became rector in 1902. During his incumbency the church came into its new field. He removed in 1907 and was succeeded by Rev. S. Raymond Brinckerhoff who remained until 1911. On December 29, 1911, Rev. Eliot White became rector of St. Matthew's, in addition to his other rectorate at Grace. St. Matthew's now is conducted as a part of Grace parish. Rev. E. Norman Curry is the vicar.


St. Andrew's Church, at the corner of Clinton avenue and South Seven- teenth street, was started as a mission about 1896, by Rev. Richard M. Sherman, of St. Stephen's. It was carried on by him as a personal work assisted by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Later it was taken in charge by Rev. C. C. Edmunds, rector of Grace Church, and still later by Rev. Eliot White, his successor at Grace. About 1902 the original structure, now the guild house, was moved from its site at the southeast corner of Nye avenue and Dewey street, to the present location. In 1907 it was taken over as a chapel of ease by Grace Church. Rev. James Wessel Smith, who had been working in the field for several years, removed on January 1, 1907, and Rev. Arthur Musson immediateiy took charge as the first missionary under the new arrangement. He resigned in September, 1908. On November 1, 1908, Rev. Charles H. Wells, the present vicar, took charge. Under his ministry the church has greatly advanced. The handsome brick gothic edifice now in use was erected in 1911.


St. Albans' Church, at the corner of Thirteenth avenue and South Eighth street, was begun as a mission in 1891. Rev. A. C. Stewart was priest in charge from 1903 to 1912. The present rector is Rev. H. Landon Rice.


The Mission of the Transfiguration, 680 Parker Street, was begun in 1909, under the auspices of St. John's Church. For a time Rev. Rowland S. Nichols of St. John's was in charge. He was followed in 1911 by Rev. Dwight W. Graham. The Rev. A. W. H. Thompson is at present in charge.


St. George's Church, 17 Alexander street (Vailsburg), was begun a few years ago. Rev. J. Martyn Neifert began the work. The Rev. George J. D. Peters is now in charge.


The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, begun in 1908 as the Weequahic Park Mission, is located at the corner of Pomona avenue and Hedden terrace. The beginnings were in charge of Rev. Henry H. Hadley, rector of St. Paul's, acting for the Board of Missions. Rev. P. C. Bissell is now in charge. The present edifice is the memorial gift of Frank E. Davenport, of Newark.


The Chapel of the Incarnation at Ampere is a new mission, begun April 2, 1911. During the summer of 1913 Bishop Lines preached there once each Sunday.


Seven bishops of New Jersey successively have had authority over the Episcopal churches of Newark. Dr. Uzal Ogden was elected bishop of New Jersey in 1796. The general court hesitated to confirm the election


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on the ground of irregularity. Though a special convention in October, 1799, resolved that the election had been orderly, ratification was never obtained. In 1805 Dr. Ogden was suspended. He retired into the Presby- terian Church in 1806. New Jersey was then without a bishop till 1815, when Bishop John Croes was consecrated. Bishop George Washington Doane was consecrated, October 31, 1832. He died April 27, 1859. Bishop William H. Odenheimer was consecrated October 13, 1859, and was made Bishop of Northern New Jersey when the Diocese of New Jersey was divided in 1874. He presided at the Primary Court held November 12, 1874, in Grace Church, Newark. He died August 14, 1879. Rev. Thomas Alfred Starkey was consecrated bishop on October 28, 1879. In 1886 the title of the Diocese of Northern New Jersey was changed to that of Newark. Bishop Starkey died May 17, 1903. He was succeeded by the present bishop of Newark, Rt. Rev. Edwin S. Lines, D. D., consecrated, November 18, 1903. Bishop Lines was born at Naugatuck, Connecticut, November 23, 1845. His parents were Henry W. and Harriet L. Lines. He graduated at Yale in 1872, and at Berkeley Divinity School in 1874. He received his degree from Yale in 1897, and from Berkeley in 1904. He was ordained as Episcopal clergyman in 1874. He has been rector of Christ Church, West Haven, Connecticut, 1874-1879; and St. Paul's Church, New Haven, 1875-1903. He is rector of Christ Church, Newark, by virtue of which it is the Pro-Cathedral of the Diocese.


THE BAPTIST CHURCHES.


The Baptist was the third denomination to establish a church in New- ark. Formerly the First Baptist (Peddie Memorial) held the honor of being first to have organized, but since the annexation in 1902 of the eastern part of Clinton township the honor belongs to the Lyon's Farms Church. The Baptists came early to New Jersey. The Middletown, Monmouth county, church was constituted in 1667. The Piscataway church was formed in 1686, supposedly by New Hampshire people. From the Piscataway church was formed in 1747 the Scotch Plains church, and from the Scotch Plains church was formed in 1769 that of Lyons Farms, now called the Elizabeth Avenue Baptist Church, the mother of the First Baptist of Newark, estab- lished in 1801. The Baptist churches of Newark are associated with the New Jersey Baptist Convention, of which body Rev. D. DeWolf is secretary.


The Elizabeth Avenue Baptist Church, formerly the Lyons Farms Bap- tist Church, at Elizabeth and Lyons avenues, was organized on April 16, 1769, with eight men and four women. Eleven brought certificates from the Scotch Plains church and one from the First Baptist Church of New York City. A church edifice had been built in 1768, but it remained unfur- nished until 1793, and was a hospital in the Revolution. Since then two edifices have been erected-one in 1871 and the present commodious edifice in 1907. The oldest tombstone in the burying ground is that of Ichabod Grummon, who died October 29, 1794. The last interment was made in 1865. The first pastor was Rev. Ebenezer Ward, ordained at Canoebrook (Northfield) Church, May, 1779, and given charge of both congregations. He resigned in 1782. Rev. Jacob Hatton was in charge in 1783, and during the following decade the pulpit was supplied by neighboring pastors. In March, 1792, Elder Peter Bryant took charge, and was ordained in Septem- ber. He remained until 1808. He abridged in 1805 a book by Abraham Booth entitled "Paedobaptism Examined, or the Principles, Concessions and


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Reasonings of the Most Learned Paedobaptists," and had the same printed by W. Tuttle & Company, Newark. The next pastor was "Father" James Wilcox, ordained July, 1808. He resigned in August, 1821, and died in 1843. Succeeding pastors were: Thomas Winter, 1821-1826; Peter Spark (ordained September, 1827), 1826-1836; James Stickney (ordained May, 1836), 1836-1838; B. C. Morse (ordained March, 1839), 1839-1841; Jack- son Smith (ordained April, 1841), 1841-1843, in whose pastorate an extensive revival occurred; William Leach, 1842-1846; E. Tibbals, 1846 (three months until November); Rev. Joseph Perry, March 7, 1847, to January 16, 1848; then Thomas Rogers preached as supply; R. T. Middle- ditch (ordained September, 1848), 1848-1850; J. E. Cheshire, 1851; J. W. Gibbs, 1853-1855; J. W. Gibbs (second pastorate), 1857-1858; B. Sleight, 1861-1863; an interval, and then W. H. Bergfels, November, 1866, to June, 1872; S. L. Cox, June, 1873, to 1874; J. G. Dyer, February, 1875, to 1877; W. H. Bergfels (second pastorate), 1878-1887; after a vacancy, G. C. Shirk, 1891-1892; J. W. Turner, 1893-1894; W. H. Bergfels (third pastorate), 1894-1896; T. E. Vassar, 1896-1901; T. E. Vassar, Jr., 1901-1904; Gideon M. Shott, 1905-1908; and the present pastor, Rev. George McNeely, January, 1909.


The First Baptist Church of Newark (Peddie Memorial), located at Broad and Fulton streets, was organized June 6, 1801. Permission had been granted to some of its members by the Lyons Farms Church on July 24, 1800, to form this branch. The day of organization, Joseph Smith, Abigail Hobdey, Reuben Kellum and Jemime Bruen were baptized in the Passaic river. Services were held for a while in the "White School House" at the junction of Clinton avenue and Spruce street. Years ago a boy detained there for punishment burned it down. In 1805 a lot at the corner of Academy and Halsey streets, 87x100 feet, was purchased for a "meeting house and burial ground." The first edifice was dedicated on September 16, 1806, and rebuilt larger in 1810. The building was improved in 1841 by a vestibule, and by a Sunday school room in 1841. On May 23, 1869, a new church was dedicated. This was abandoned thirty years later, and was used for a while by the United States Post Office. On June 18, 1888, was laid the cornerstone of the present imposing structure, and the dedicating followed on May 11, 1890. This structure was made possible by a gift from T. B. Peddie, a Newark merchant, and is called the Peddie Memorial. In June, 1901, were held elaborate exercises to celebrate the centennial of the organization, and a useful program containing historical data was issued.


The pastoral succession has been as follows: Charles Lahatt, February, 1802, to July, 1806; Peter Thurston, March, 1808, to March, 1809; Daniel Sharp, April, 1809, to November, 1811; John Lamb, April, 1812, to April, 1813; David Jones, January, 1814, to November, 1821; Daniel Putnam, April, 1822, to May, 1824; Ebenezer Loomis, December, 1826, to June, 1827; C. P. Frey, January, 1828, to April, 1830; P. L. Platt, April, 1830, to April, 1831; Daniel Dodge, August, 1832, to February, 1839; William Sym, April, 1839, to May, 1843; Henry V. Jones, September, 1843, to April, 1849; E. E. Cummings, July, 1850, to November, 1850; Henry C. Fish, January, 1851, to October 2, 1877 (by death) ; Thomas Rambaut, April, 1878, to April, 1882; Edward Glenn Taylor, November, 1882, to December, 1885; Willard W. Boyd, May, 1887, to May, 1894; Charles H. Dodd, May, 1894, to December, 1904; Thomas J. Villers, April, 1906, to May, 1913.


The longest pastorate was that of Rev. Henry C. Fish, D.D., 1851-1857. He published several sermons with Newark imprints, one of them in 1851,


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the "Semi-centennial Sermon of the First Baptist Church." He was the author of numerous books for young people, and the compiler of a "History and Repository of Pulpit Eloquence," in two volumes, and of "Pulpit Elo- quence of the Nineteenth Century," published in 1857.


The First German Baptist Church, 28 Mercer street, was organized September 7, 1849. In 1861 was purchased the edifice formerly occupied by the First German Presbyterian Church. On April 7 the building was dedi- cated. The sermon was preached by Rev. K. A. Fleischman, of Philadel- phia, said to have been the first German Baptist preacher to come to America. He arrived at New York in March, 1839. The church was rebuilt in 1875. The pastoral succession has been: S. Kupfer, September 20, 1849, to March 1, 1850; A. Huni, October, 1851, to February 7, 1856; Con- rad Bordenbender, August 26, 1856, to October 31, 1861; J. C. Haselhuhn, January, 1862, to 1868; Henry Trumpf, 1868-1875; G. Knobloch, 1876- 1891; Fred. Niebuhr, 1892-1902; Louis C. Knuth, 1903 to December, 1911. The present pastor is Rev. R. J. Hack, who came in December, 1912.


The South Baptist Church, 19 East Kinney street, was organized February 18, 1850, by thirty-seven members of the First Baptist Church. The mother church erected the edifice. The lecture room was opened April 14, 1850, and the church July 18, 1850. The organization soon developed strength in numbers and in benevolent activities, aiding greatly in local mission work through the Newark Baptist City Mission. The pipe organ was introduced in 1859. The pastors have been: William D. Hague, D.D., February, 1850, to November 2, 1853; D. T. Morrill, supplied until March 12, 1854; O. S. Stearns, March 12, 1854, to August 29, 1855; J. L. Hodge, D.D., October 3, 1855, to November 8, 1857; J. H. Walden, supplied three months; E. M. Levy, D.D., October 1, 1858, to 1869 (a season of revivals) ; John Dowling, D.D., 1869-1872; George A. Peltz, D.D., 1872-1876; Charles Y. Swan, D.D., 1876 to August, 1880 (by death) ; Thomas E. Vassar, D.D., November 1, 1880, to 1888; J. B. English, 1888-1889; R. M. Luther, D.D., 1890 to August, 1899; W. G. Fennell, January 1, 1900, to 1908; and the present pastor, Rev. Clark T. Brownell, who took charge in 1910.


The Fifth Baptist Church, 110 Prospect street, near Lafayette, was organized Monday, March 26, 1855, in the South Church. Services were held in a hall on Union street. On September 15, 1856, was laid the corner- stone of an edifice on the present site. The lecture room was dedicated July 5, 1857, and the church edifice on April 21, 1858. The parsonage was built in 1867. The pastors have been: David T. Morrill (previously, from March 23, 1854, missionary for a year), 1855 to April, 1869, during one year absent as chaplain in Civil War; David C. Hughes, June, 1869, to 1874; George A. Simonson, May, 1874, to April, 1882; H. B. Warring, January, 1883, to February, 1891; C. E. Lapp, 1891 to February, 1895; T. A. Hughes, May, 1895, to 1896; C. C. Luther, supplied during 1898; Charles F. Stanley, February, 1899, to November, 1907; and the present pastor, Rev. Samuel A. Perrine, who came in May, 1909.


The North Baptist Church, at Orange and High streets, was organized July 26, 1854, in the chapel of the South Church, with forty-nine members. The first building was a frame structure at 123 Orange street. A brick edifice on the present site was completed in the fall of 1864, and greatly enlarged to its present dimensions in 1874. The pastors have been: T. G. Wright (as missionary), 1853, to August, 1854; Levi Morse, 1854 to 1856; Rev. Robert Atkinson, September 1, 1858, to January, 1868; George E. Horr, November, 1868, to 1871; Rev. Joshua Day, called October, 1872,


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resigned in 1876; L. Burroughs, June, 1876, to 1879; J. S. Lannoch (one year); H. H. Barbour, December, 1880, to December, 1886; S. J. Knapp, December, 1886, to February, 1890; Rev. D. T. MacClaymont, June, 1890, to 1896; A. MacGeorge, April, 1897, to October, 1900; Samuel C. Dean, April, 1901, to January, 1904; H. H. Barbour, June, 1904, to November, 1905 (by death); W. F. Rowley, April, 1906, to December, 1909; and the present acting pastor, Rev. J. W. McDouall, who came January, 1910.


The Fairmount Baptist Church, 141 Fairmount avenue, between Thir- teenth avenue and Bank street, was organized on June 29, 1860. Services were held in an abandoned chapel at Bank and Wicliffe streets. In August, 1859, Rev. C. W. Clark preached, and was soon after engaged as missionary? He was ordained January 19, 1860, and remained until 1867. That year a new site was purchased, located on the north side of Bank street, above Wicliffe. The cornerstone for a church was laid September 12, 1866, Mayor T. B. Peddie officiating, and on May 19, 1867, the lecture room was opened. In October the pastor resigned. The church was dedicated Sep- tember 16, 1868. This edifice was occupied until November, 1905, when it was abandoned by the congregation. The present site was occupied when the new building was completed in 1907. The Bank street edifice is now used by the Bethany Colored Baptist Church. The pastors of the Fairmount Church succeeding C. W. Clark have been: W. D. Siegfried, 1868-1870; J. D. Barnes, 1870-1872; H. Angel, 1872-1875; J. C. Allen, 1875-1879; G. F. Warren, 1881-1886; H. F. Barnes, 1887-1892; E. J. Millington; C. S. Tinker, 1897-1904. The present pastor, Rev. George E. Lombard, took charge in 1906.


The Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 288 Belleville avenue, opposite Oriental street, was organized in November, 1867. Previously, in November, 1866, a chapel on Belleville avenue, opposite Gouveneur street, had been dedicated. On February, 1867, Rev. C. E. Wilson, Jr., took charge as mis- sionary. At the organization he was made pastor. The chapel property was sold in 1888, and in 1889 the erecting of a new edifice on the present site was begun. It was opened October, 1890, and in 1907 was enlarged to its present dimensions. The original site is now occupied by the First United Presbyterian Church, 124 Belleville avenue. The pastors have been: C. E. Wilson, 1867-1869; S. Siegfried, 1869-1872; William Rollinson, 1872- 1874; B. F. Bowen, 1875-1876; G. Guirey, 1876-1878; A. B. Woodward, 1879-1883; F. C. A. Jones, 1883-1898; Edwin A. Hainer, December, 1898, to 1903; W. T. S. Lumbar, 1903, to December 31, 1909; Edward S. Var Ness, 1911 to 1913 (death).




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