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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, 1850.
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ited to five years, and the dedication was cele- brated under the pastorate of his successor, Rev. Charles Elbert Hamilton, D. D. Bishop Henry W. Warren, D. D., LL. D., of Denver, Col., preached the dedicatory sermon, Sunday morning, February 28th, 1897. Ex-Chancellor Charles N. Sims, D. D., LI .. D., preached in the evening.
Three years later it was determined to remove the old building and complete the erection of the entire plant. Accordingly, on the 12th of Janu- ary, 1900, the quarterly conference appointed a building committee and the corner-stone was laid with imposing ceremonies on September 6th, 1900. The completed edifice was dedicated June 30th, 1901, by Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell, D. D., LL. D., of Chattanooga, Tenn., who preached the morn- ing sermon. Chancellor James Roscoe Day, D. D., LL. D., of Syracuse university, preached in the evening. The cost of the main building was $85,- 000. This, added to the 845,000 expended in erecting the new chapel, and the expense of the entire building, exclusive of the lot, was $130,000. An opinion which had for some time existed, namely, that First and Frank street churches were so located as to impair the growth and use- fulness of both, at this time took definite form, and led to a joint meeting of committees ap- pointed by both churches, which was held Sep- tember 6th, 1900, at which it was agreed to con- solidate Frank street church with the First. Gen- espe conference gave its formal approval October 1st, 1900, and the Supreme court its order No- rember 10th, 1900, thus consummating with rare unanimity one of the most important movements of the denomination. The church thus united has a memebrship of over 1,100; a Sunday school of nearly 1.200, including the Dewey Bible class for men of nearly 400, and property reported at $215.000. To the skill and leadership of Dr. Hamilton, the pastor, the success of these enter- prises was in no small measure due.
The pastors, with the year of their appointment and term of service are as follows, the term of each pastor continuing till that of his successor began :
1820, Orren Miller; 1821, Reuben Aylesworth; 1922, Elisha House: July 26, 1820, to fuly 26, 1821, Orren Miller: 1621. Reuben A. Aylesworth; 1829, Elisha House; 1523, Micah Sca- ger: 1624. Dana Fox; 1925, John Dempster, D.D .: 1827, Zach- ariah Paddock, D.D .: 1829, Gideon Lanning; 1830. Gleren Full- more, D.D .: 1832, Robert Burch: 1933. Glesen Fillmore. D.D .. second term; 1834, Elijah Hebard: 1835. John Copeland (Dan- iel P. Kidder assistant, 1835): 1537, Wilbur lloag: 1838. Jonas Dodge: 1839. Glezen Fillmore, D.D., third term; 1940, Thomas Carlton, D.D .; 1842, Moses Crow. D.D .: 1843. Samuel Luckey, D.D .: 1844. Schuyler Sesger, D.D .: 1944, John Dennis, D.D .;
1845, John G. Gulick; 1550, John Copeland, second term; 1851. Augustus C. George, D.D .: 1h53, Henry Hickok; 1854, Jons- than Watts; 1856, Daniel D. Buck, D.D .; 1858, Israel H. Kel- JORK: 1860, Jabez k. Jaques, D.D .; 1a62, Sanford Van Ben- schoten, 1).D .; la65, James F .. Latimer. D.D .; 1ans, George G. Lyon; la;0. William Lloyd; 1572, Darius H. Muller, D.D .; 1875, Robert M. Stratton, D.D .; 1877, Carma A. Van Anda, DD .; 1x29, George Chapman Jones, LI .. D .; 18-2, Charles Wes- ley Cushing, D.D .; 1885, John F .. Adams, D.D .. J. Duane Phelps, D.D., supplying the last six months; 1889, Ira Taylor Walker. D.D .: 1991. Melville Keuben Webster. D.D .: 1800, Charles El- bert Hamilton. D.D .; April, 1905. to the present, Don Snell Colt, D.D., transferred from Grace_Methodist Episcopal church, Baltimore, Md., and Henry Hosie Rowland, assistant pastor.
Asbury Church .- Evidently the removal of the church hitherto occupied by the Methodists from South St. Paul street, on the east side of the river, to the corner of Main and Fitzhugh streets, on the west side, about 1830, did not command the approval of all, for meetings were continued with more or less of regularity in the old briek church on South St. Paul street. After the fire of Janu- ary 5th, 1835, the congregation of the First church retreated to the old church, and Rev. John Copeland, pastor, was given an assistant to look after the interest of the east side. On the 26th of September. 1836, a legal organization was ef- fected. The meeting was held in the church. The trustees elected were: Elihu H. Grover, Jonah Brown, William G. Russell, William Algood, Phi- lander Davis, John Stroop, John McGonegal. The corporate name adopted: "The East Society of the Methodist Episcopal church in Rochester." In the autumn of 1841 it was resolved to build a new edifice, and a lot on the southeast corner of Main and Clinton streets, now occupied by the East Side Savings bank, was secured. Work be- gan the April following. The corner-stone was laid June 27th, 1842. In the autumn the base- ment was occupied for worship. In February, 1844, the completed building was dedicated by Rev. John Dempster, D. D. At the suggestion of Rev. Samuel Luckey, D. D., pastor in 1842, the name of the church was changed to the Saint John's Methodist Episcopal church. A heavy debt required the mortgaging of the property, which was ultimately foreclosed, and title to the property was lost. Greatly discouraged, most of the mem- bers withdrew and organized a new society. Feb- ruary 1st, 1860, a meeting was held in a church on Stillson street to legally incorporate the new so- ciety. The trustees elected were Daniel Stocking, Austin Mandeville, Daniel Wood. Richard Trena- man, Joseph L. Chappell, Henry S. Brown, Charles A. Bloomer, William Tuttle, Luther D. Berry. The corporate name adopted was "The
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Asbury Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Rochester." The trustees of this new society purchased the St. John's church property and into this new organization what remained of the St. John's church was subsequently merged. In 1866 the building was remodeled and repaired, at a cost, including a new pipe organ, of $14,000, and in May, 1867, was formally reopened. Its member- ship rose from two hundred and fifty to about four hundred. The site having appreciated in valne, and a better location being desired, the prop- erty was sold December 24th, 1883, for $50,000, and a lot purchased on East avenue, near Union street, at the corner of Anson place. The audi- torium of the present edifice was immediately erected, the corner-stone being laid June 28th, 1884. The completed church was dedicated June 25th, 1885, by Bishop Edward G. Andrews, D. D., LL. D., the cost, including the lot, being $64,694. During the pastorate of Rev. Edwin B. Olmstead, D. D., 1899-1904, a spacious annex for the Sunday school and chapel purposes was erected, costing, complete and furnished, 829,000. The corner- stone was laid June 25th, 1900, and the completed structure was dedicated December 16th, 1900. Rev. James W. Bashford. D. D .. LL. D., president of Ohio Wesleyan university, preached in the morning, and Rev. Edmund M. Mills, D. D., sec- retary of the Twentieth Century Fund, in the evening. The entire church property is estimated at $116,000: membership. 804; Sunday school, 642.
The following is a list of the pastors: 1>26, Daniel P. Kid- der: 1837, John Parker: 1888, William H. Goodwin; 1840. Man- ley Tooker : 1941, Samuel Tuckey. D.D : 1843. Frechorn G. Hib- bard, D.D .: 1844, James M. Fuller, D.D .: 1846, Schuyler Sea- ger. D.D .: 1848. Daniel D. Buck: 1950, second term, William H. Goodwin. D.D .: 1852. John Mandeville: 1854. John Raines: 1856; Jonathan Watts; 1558. Thomas Towsey: 1860. Thomas Stacy: 1861, DeWitt Clinton Huntington. F.D .; 1463. James E. Latimer, D.D .: 1885, George Van Alstyne: 1866, second term. DeWitt C. Huntington. D.D .: 1869, second term, Free. born G. Hibbard. D.D .: 1872. Lorenzo Dow Watson, D.D .: 1874. Charles Eddy: 1876. third term. DeWitt C. Huntington, D.D .; 1879. Robert M. Stratton, D.D .; 1881. Charles Wesley Winches- ter. D.D .: 1882, Robert Carson Brownlee: Iss5, William Riley Benham. D.D .; 1849, George Chapman Tones, I.L.D .: 1893, Philip Shull Merrill, D.D .: 1994. Addison W. Hayes, D.D .: 1899, Ed. win Railey Olmstead, D.D .: 1904 to the present. Frank Salmon Rowland. D.D.
North Street Church .- Early in 1849 several members of the Saint John's Methodist Episcopal church residing in the northeast part of the city, derming that the growing population in that re- gion needed religious care and service which the central church could not adequately supply, sought the counsel and co-operation of Rev. Samuel Luc- key. D. D. An old building on Joiner street was
rented and religious worship established. Dr. Buck, the pastor at Saint John's, cordially supported the project, and on the 8th day of April, 1849; preached in the afternoon and organized two classes, with a total of twenty-eight members. At the ensuing session of the annual conference Rev. Sevellon W. Alden was appointed pastor of this young society and also of the recently organized Third church on Caledonia avenue, near the cor- ner of Main street. In the following April the place of meeting on Joiner street was changed to a rented hall at the corner of North and Delevan streets. April 17, 1850, the society was legally incorporated under the name, "Trustees of the North Street Methodist Episcopal church of Roch- ester." The trustees elected were Alfred B. Jud- son, Philander Davis, John Patterson, S. H. Moulder, James Hubbell. On the same evening the society of Caledonia avenue, under the charge of the same pastor as North Street, met at the United States Hotel and legally incorporated un- der the name and title. "The Third Methodist Epis- copal church of Rochester." Thomas S. Weddle, Ralph Coatsworth, Edward Dawson, Henry Bar- nard and James H. Hinman were elected trustees. During the deliberations preparatory to erecting a suitable place of worship for the North street society came the proposal of Aristarchus Cham- pion, of the Congregational church, to give 810,000 to any Christian denomination which would plant ien new churches in the growing outskirts of the city. Subsequently he changed the proposition irom ten to four. On behalf of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, Rev. Samuel Luckey, D. D., presiding elder. accepted the offer and North street became the first beneficiary of this fund. Aid- ed by this gift the building now standing was erect- ed on North street on the west side of the street. just north of Woodward.and was dedicated Novem- ber 2d. 1853. Twelve years later important im- provements were made in the appearance of the church. Eight years later a second improvement included a new roof and pews changed to a modern pattern. At the same time (1873) a new parson- age at 4 Concord street was built, valued at $1,000. It is still retained as the pastor's home. In 1886 a new front was built on the church, with other im- provements costing $5,500;and in 1890 a new pipe organ costing $1.300 was installed. The interior was re-frescoed, bringing the total outlay up to
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$1,900. In 1904, during the pastorate of Rev. George Mortimer Harris, extended improvements were made, costing $3,500. At this time Rev. Ray Allen is the efficient pastor. Church property $44,000 ; members, 210; Sunday school, 218.
Pastors: 1849, Sevrllon W. Alden; 1950, Sylvester L. Cong. don: 1651 (supply), S. VanBenschoten; 1852, Alpha Wright; 1854, John Mandeville: 1856, John N. Brown; 1658, Nathan Fellows: 1860. Samuel luckey. D).D .; 1861, Martin Wheeler; 1862. Israel Flerrick Kellogg: 1864, Alonzo 11. Shurtief; 1966. Daniel Leisenring: 1869, second term, John N. ltown: 1872. Reuben D. Munger: 1877, E. Lansing Newman; 1975, Lemuel Thomas Foote; Isel; Edwin T. Green; 1883, Richard F. Kay: 1856, George Stratton; 149], George Wesley Peck, LI .. D .: 1596, Frederick Shrewsbury Parkhurst. 1898. George Mortimer llar- ris; 1906 to the present. Ray Allen.
Corn Hill Church .- Corn Hill Methodist Epis- copal church is located on Edinburgh street, just west of Plymouth avenue, and faces Plymouth park. The society was originally composed of about thirty members of the First Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal church and a little later of about thirty more who composed the Third church. The original thirty held their meetings for some time in the old orphan asylum on Adams street at the corner of what is now Rutland alley. Rev. Augustus C. George, D. D., pastor of the First church, gave notice of a meeting for the legal incorporation of the society, which was held June 8th, 1852, at the place where they "statedly met," which is supposed to have been at the residence of William P. Stanton. The trustees elected were Henry Wray, William P. Stanton, Caleb H. Bick- rell, Coles C. See (not Lee, as it is generally printed), Ileman Lyon, Silas A. Yerkes, George Harrison. Corporate name, "The Trustees of Corn Hill M. E. church." After this legal organization was effected the members of the Third church, located on Caledonia avenue, near the Erie canal, abandoned their organization and location and be- come a part of the Corn Hill church. This nearly doubled the membership, the total being seventy. June 14th, 1853, the first quarterly meeting was held and August 22d, following, Rev. Augustus C George, D. D., who as pastor of the First church had nourished the enterprise, was appointed their first pastor as a separate organization. The sum of $1,000 had been subscribed on the evening of the incorporation for a new church, and this, with $2,500 becoming available under the gift of Aris- tarchus Champion, enabled them to build on the site still occupied. The church was completed and dedicated in June, 1854, Rev. Joseph Cummings. D. D., LL. D., president of Genesee college at
Lima, officiating. Twenty years later at an ex- pense of several thousand dollars front towers were added to the building, with other extensive re- pairs, and on April 26th, 1874, a grand reopening, attended by several former pastors, was enjoyed. During this jubilation Henry Wray and wife pre- sented the house and lot at 20 Tremont street to the church as a parsonage, which was gratefully received and has ever since been the home of the Corn Ilill pastors. In time the church building became inadequate for a growing city and a grow- ing congregation, and under the labors and pay torate of Rev. Thomas Cardus, a "veteran church- builder," the old was torn down and the present elegant stone structure, costing without the lot $10,639.55, was built. June 3d, 1900, Bishop Charles C. McCabe, D. D., dedicated the church. He preached the morning sermon and Rev. Wil- liam Riley Benham, D. D., of Clifton Springs, a former pastor, preached the evening sermon. Dur- ing the present pastorate of Rev. Edgar Prosper Hubbell, a new parsonage has been built on the old lot, costing 84.217.02. The church reports 56 members, 873 in the Sunday school and property valued at $67,000.
Pastors: 1853, Augustus C. George, D.D .; 1855, J. W. Will. son, who died during his pastorate, 1656 (supply), Joseph A. Swallow: 1857, Schuyler Seager, D.D .: 1958, Joseph Ashworth: 1859. Samuel Luckey, D.D .; 1860, Isaac Gibbard, D.D .; 1861. John Mandeville: 1862, Albert N. Fisher: 1864. W. B. Holt; IN67. George Washington Paddock: 1870. R. O. Willson; 1979. William Riley Benham, D.D .; 1873, Albert Dutton Wilbor, D.D .; 1876. second term. Albert N. Fisher; 1879. Andrew Jackson Kenyon: 1882, Luman Albert Stevens (1884 included Genesee Street church with James Gosnell, second pastor) : 1885, Addi- son W. Hayes, D.D .: 1890, Ebenezer Herman Latimer, D.D .: 1899. M. Elijah lledding; 1895, Thomas Trelese Rowe; 1896, Thomas Cardus; 1903 to the present, Edgar Prosper Hubbell.
Alexander Strecet and Monroe Avenue Church. -From about the year 1827 a Sunday school was more or less continuously maintained at the Mount Ilor, Cobb's Hill, or Sand Hill school-house, as it was variously called, in the town of Brighton. On Christmas day, 1842, Rev. Nathan N. Beers then a young local minister of the First church, preached in the Mount Hor school-house on "The Faithful Saying" (I Tim. i:15), and this was the beginning of a gracious revival in which some fifty were converted. A class was formed and Mr Beers continued to minister to them for two years and seven months. Having joined the annual con- ference in the autumn of 1844 he was appointed second pastor of "Rochester East," Rev. Dr. Jamce M. Fuller being the preacher in charge. July 7th, 1845, this society was legally incorporated as "The
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First Methodist Episcopal church and society of Brighton." The trustees elected were S. C. Blinn Edward Vinton, Eleazer Hall, A. D. Deming and John Bliss. This did not result in the building of a house of worship and the succeeding seven years were often without preaching services ex- cept as they were furnished by Rev. A. II. Jervis, a local preacher of the First church, and others. It was after a period of suspension of such meet- ings that the people were convened in the school- house October 12th, 1852, and the society again legally incorporated. The trustees elected were Gideon Cobb, Daniel Stocking, Godfrey Tallinger. B. Langdon, J. Donnelly. Rev. Alpha Wright, pas- tor, was present and attested the proceedings. The corporate name was given in anticipation of the proposed location of the new church, namely, "Trustees of the Alexander Street Methodist Epis- eopal church of Rochester." Mr. Champion was unwilling to aid in building a church on Mount HIor and hence the movement to concentrate nearer the more thickly populated portion of the city. . lot was purchased July 30th, 1833, at the corner of Alexander and Cobb streets, at a cost of $:00 and a church erected at an expense of about $6,600 It was dedicated August 23d. 1854, by Bishop Ed- mund S. Janes, D. D., LL. D. At that time there were forty-five members, one of whom, Mrs. Jane Sprague, was living and still a member in 1904. Under the pastorate of Rev. John E. William- D. D., 1878-81, a parsonage was built on Cobb street. Alexander Street church was emphatically a "revival" church and her growth for some years before the final move was made suggested the need of a more commanding site and a better church building. At length the location on Mon- roe avenue, near Averill avenue, was agreed upon. and their splendid edifice, built of green stone from the battlefield of the Brandywine, was erect- ed thercon and dedicated April 9th, 1893, by Bish- op Edward G. Andrews, D. D. LL. D .. of New York, who preached the morning sermon, and Rev. George Lansing Taylor. D. D., who preached the evening sermon. Rev. Benoni I. Ives, D. D., of Auburn, the veteran church dedicator, managed the finances. The cost, including lot, was 868,000. This great achievement was accomplished under the pastorate of Rev. Thomas Cardus. The last of the indebtedness was not paid until the pas- torate of Rev. Frederick De Land leete, D. D.,
who on Easter Sunday, 1900, culminated the ei- fort, and with 88,000 on hand in the old church building and good unpaid subscriptions the entire amount of debt on church and parsonage, amount- ing to $34.000, was swept away. Immediately a corner lot adjoining the church, costing $10,000, was purchased, and in the summer of 1906. under the pastorate of Rev. Josephus Leander Sooy, D. D., the interior of the entire building was elab- orately refitted at an expense of $10.000. They now report 1.086 members. 861 in Sunday school and church property valued at $95,000.
Pastore: 1454, Mpha W'right: 1453. Thomas Stacy: 1956, Elijah Wood: 1958. John G. Gulick: 1560, Israel Herrick Kel. logg: 1662, John Raines; 1865, Edwin 1. Hiermans: 1967. Henry Van Benschoten, D.D .: 1669, Andrew Sutherland; 1869. DeWitt C. Huntington, D. D .; 1871, James Dixon Requa; 1872, John A. Copeland: 1-75, Thomas J. Leake, D.D .; 1527, Albert N. Damon; 1>is, John h. lward Williams, D.D. : 141. Lemur! Thomas Foote; 1ªxd, lobn Talbot Gracey, b> D .. 1590. Albert N. Fisher, D.D .; 1×49, Sion Abisha Morse, D. D. : 1>91. Thomas Cardus: 1$93. Ward itels Plan: lass. Frederick D. Leete, D D .; 1903 to the pres- ent, Josephus Leander Sooy, D.D.
The Frank Street, or Sixth Church .- In school- house number 6, on the corner of Frank and Smith streets, where afterward the church bnibling was erected, the pastor of the Third Methodist Epis- copal church, then located on Caledonia avenue. preached and conducted a Sunday school. At length the growth warranted a legal incorporation of the society, which took place at the residence of James 11. Hlinman, 141 Frank street, May 6th, 1852. Samnel S. Wood, Melancton Whetmore. James H. Hinman, Joel P. Milliner, Sylvanus I Bartlett, William Collins and Jeremiah Hagaman were elected trustees. The corporate name adopt- ed was "The Sixth Methodist Episcopal church of Rochester." This name continued until Noven- ber 10th, 1900, when the church was consolidated with the First church. This newly formed society was the fourth and last of the churches to receive an equal share of the Aristarchns Champion $10,- 000 benefaction. The society at once purchased the school property above mentioned and erected May, 1854. In the month of November follow- a house of worship, the actual work beginning in ing it was completed and dedicated by Rev. Jesse T. Peck, D. D., LL. D. Unfortunately a debt dis- proportionate to the financial strength of the so- ciety remained and threatened for five years there- after the entire loss of the property. But the annual conference of 1859 came to the rescue and appointed Rev. William Manning, pastor, with au- thority to seek financial aid in the church at
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large, which he did with entire success. Thus re- lieved, it entered upon an era of prosperity, ite membership increasing rapidly from thirty to two hundred and fifty. Large improvements were aft- erward made on the building, and when in the year 1900 it was consolidated with the First church it had 204 members, 350 in the Sunday school and property valued at $17,000. Rev. Benjamin Cope- land was its last pastor. When the Genesee con- ference was asked to consent to the nnion of Frank Street with the First church it was proposed by the representatives of the two churches that the original gift of $2,500 by Mr. Champion should be reserved from the proceeds of the sale of the property and be given to the Glenwood church "to perpetuate the memory and work of this good man in that part of the city." This was accordingly done and it is now a part of Grace church.
Pastors: 1853, Samuel B. Rooney; 1855, Sanford Van Ben- schoten, D.D .: 1856, Sylvester L. Congdon; 1656, Thomas B. Hudson: 1159, William Manning, las1. Robert Hogoboom; 1863. DeWitt C. Huntington, D.D .: 1866, George W. Chandler; 1868, John Dennis. D.D .: 1871, Clark Pettengill Hard: 1872. John J. Landers: 1874, Thomas Edwin Bell: 1876, Thomas Jef- ferson Bissell, D.D .: 1879, Andrew Finch Morey: 1850, George Washington Coe; 1883. Miesjsh C. Dean; 1986. Richard F. Kay; 1857. James Earl Bills, D.D .: 18Jo, Frederik S. Parkhurst; 1895, Orville Cram Poland: 1699, Benjamin Copeland. At this point the history of this church as a separate organization ends and is continued in the history of the First church.
Redding Mission Church .- The conviction that a population on the east side of the river, north of Central avenne, could never be successfully min- istered unto by a church so distant as North street and other Methodist Episcopal churches led . number of zealous persons to establish the Hej- ding Mission church. January 4th, 18;6, the effort had so far progressed that a legal incorporation was secured under the name and title of "The Heddling Methodist Episcopal Mission church." The first trustees were John S. Stewart, James J. Bennett Dearborn B. Durgin, Ephraim McBurney, Thomas Fenwick, George Gunn, Thomas Fitt. A chapel was built at the corner of Saint Paul and Scrantom streets and was dedicated December 24th, 1876. For twenty-nine years it served well its purpose, but changes in the Protestant population and the narrow territory from which it drew its support led to the belief that it could never become a strong self-supporting organization, and so negotiations with Glenwood church on the west side of the river led to the consolidation of the two bodies. Genesee annual conference gave its cordial and formal approval October 9th, 1905, and the Su- preme court its final order October 21st, 1905.
uniting the two bodies under the name and title, "Grace Methodist Episcopal church." Rev. Lin- coln Lowell Rogers was its pastor, under whose faithful labors a new parsonage on Avenue B was erected. The year closed with 145 members, 178 in the Sunday school and church property valued at $13,500, not free from indebtednesa.
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