The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884, Volume II, Part 104

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co
Number of Pages: 1345

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Bethlehem Mission was commenced November 1, 1868, in the livery stable of Nr. Witty, at the junction of Fulton and Flatbush aves. The mission took its name because of its or- ganization in a stable. It was org. by A. M. Earle and Rev. D. M. Heydrick, whose life has been devoted to mission labor in this city, and who has been intimately connected with the organization of many missions. After five Sundays in this place the mission was removed to Prospect Hall (now Music Hall), at the junction of Flatbush and Fulton aves., and sub- sequently to a room over Nos. 635 and 637 Fulton st., where it has since been held.

The first superintendent was A. M. Earle, followed by Mr. Hawley, Mr. Kimball and Mr. G. A. Brett, who, with his ex- cellent wife, carried on the work there at their own expense during five years. Mr. Heydrick has been the Pastor of the mission from the first, and since 1879, both Pastor and Super- intendent.

The German Evangelical Mission Church (Presbyterian), Hopkins st., was org. as a mission in 1868, and as a church in 1870. Its place of worship, while a mission, was the Throop Ave. Mission School building. In 1871 the present church edifice was built, on Hopkins st., near Throop ave. It is of brick, with 1,400 sittings. A parsonage adjoins the church. The cost of the church property was $62,000.

Rev. John MIeury has been Pastor from the time when the church was a mission.

A parochial school is maintained in the basement of the church, where instruction is given in both German and Eng- lish. It has an average attendance of 160. Two teachers are employed.

NOBLE STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Noble Street Presbyterian Church .- This church was formed by the Presbytery of Nassau, in April, 1869, and consisted of fourtecn members. The first place of meeting was the Masonic Hall, corner of Manhattan and Meserole aves. A short time after, a small frame building was erected on the corner of Noble and Lorimer sts., the Presbytery giv- ing the lots for the purpose. Subsequently this was removed, and the present brick cdifice was erected in its place. A large lecture-room and parsonage were added.

Rev. William Howell Taylor was installed the first Pastor in 1870, and continued to 1875, when ill health compelled him to seek a more salubrious climate, and a less arduous field of labor. Rev. John T. Lloyd was installed in 1876, and con- tinued Pastor nearly one year. Rev. C. F. Taylor, D.D., was called from Le Roy, N. Y., and installed in 1878.

The church has grown, in spite of many discouragements, till it numbers over three thousand members.

Its OFFICERS now (1884) are: Rev. C. F. Taylor, D.D., Pas- tor; David Joline, Geo. P. Wilson and John A. Jenkins, M.D., Elders; Mervin Briggs, Supt. of the large and flourish- ing Sabbath-school.

Fort Greene Presbyterian Church .- The Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church established a mission in Cumberland st., known as Calvary Chapel. The flourishing Sunday- school was the nucleus of a church which the Presbytery or- ganized in 1873, with Rev. William Guthrie Barnes the first Pastor. Lots were bought for $10,000, and a handsome brick church, about 70x120 feet, was erected, costing about $45,000. Its seating capacity is about 750.

In 1875, Dr. Adam McClelland's church, the Lawrence Street Church, corner of Tillary, was sold to the Roman Catholics, and the congregation united with the Fort Greene church under the pastoral care of Dr. McClelland, who re- signed in 1883. Dr. McClelland was, from 1855, principal of the New York Institution for the Blind. In 1858, he began his work as Pastor-elect of the Lawrence Street Presbyterian Church, and was ordained on September 22 of the same year. He remained Pastor of the Lawrence Street Church until the time of its union with the Fort Greene Presbyterian Church, in February of 1875. He has since been in quiet possession of his pastorate. At the time of the union of the two churches his whole congregation went with him.

Greene Avenue Presbyterian Church -In 1874, A. M. Esrle erected on Greene ave., between Reid and Patchen aves., an edifice, which subsequently became the house of worship of this society, which was organized May 19th, 1874, with about twenty members. It was but a temporary structure, but served their purpose until they took possession of their present church building, which is a wooden edifice, with about 500 sittings.

During a portion of the first year of its existence, the church was supplied by James S. Evans, D. D., a Synodical Missionary. The present Pastor, Rev. William J. Bridges, was installed May 20th, 1875.

The First United Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn .- The Rev. H. H. Blair, then Pastor of the Associate Presbyterian Church, of Charles st., New York, first began missionary work, in connection with his own pastoral labors, in Wil- liamsburgh, by preaching occasionally in a hall. Hs thus gathered a nucleus, from which an organization was effected about 1849. The first Pastor was the Rev. Wm. Cleeland, a licentiate from the Irish Presbyterian Church, installed, Oct. 11tlı, 1849, in Butterman's Hall, Williamsburgh. This pas- toral relation continued till April 22d, 1854. On the 18th of May, 1834, Rev. Andrew Thomas was installed Pastor, but soon accepted the charge of a church in Providence, R. I.

Nov. 15th, 1855, Rev. Samuel Farmer was installed Pastor. John Robb and James Smith were Ruling Elders at this time. During Mr. Cleeland's pastoratc, the congregation bought s lot, and built a small brick church on the corner of 8th and So. 1st sts., but, under the ministry of Rev. S. Farmer, this was sold, and a new and much larger church edifice was built, on corner of 8th and So. 8th sts. This, however, proved almost fatal to the existence of the congregation.

The financial crisis of 1857 came; the Pastor demitted his charge, and an effort was made to foreclose a mortgage of

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about $14,000. They exchanged their new church and grounds for a little frame church in No. 5th st., between 4th and 5th sts., with the grounds, three full lots. This was nearly ruinous to the congregation. The organization, how- ever, was not broken up, though thoroughly discouraged and disheartened.

Rev. J. T. Wilson was installed in 1867, and worked suc- cessfully for a few years; but feeling that his church was overwhelmed with debt, and that it was badly located, he made an effort to take the congregation out of it, and leave the property to the parties having mortgages against it. But this effort was opposed by part of the congregation, and re- sulted in a division. Those who went out with Mr. Wilson, worshiped in a hall for some months, and Mr. Wilson soon was released. From this nucleus was afterwards formed what is now known as the 2d Reformed Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn.

Those remaining in the church were few and feeble. Three short pastorates, however, viz., that of Rev. Martin Ross, Rev. H. Brown, and Rev. R. T. Wylie, intervened between that time and May 15th, 1876, when the present Pastor, Rev. J. H. Andrew, was installed. With the aid of the Bd. of Home Missions, they were able to pay him a salary of only $1,200. In less than two years they became self-sustaining. They have now almost paid their church debt, and the con- gregation numbers about 160 members, and is increasing.

In the year 1858, a union was formed between the Associate and Associate Reformed Presbyterians. And this little con- gregation which belonged to the Associate Church, went into that union, hence the present name United Presbyterian Church.

The present eldership of the church is as follows: John Patterson, William Ramsay, Robert Moore, John Ward, John McLean.

The Second United Presbyterian Church .- In response to the petition of sixty-five citizens of Brooklyn, desirous to be taken under its care, and supplied with preaching, the Pres- bytery of New York, of the United Presbyterian Church, in July, 1858, consented to the request, and approved of the organization of this congregation, which was effected Sept. 1st of that year. The new church immediately commenced public worship in the Brooklyn Institute, under the pastoral charge of the Rev. David J. Patterson; installed Feb. 1, 1859, and who had labored in Brooklyn during the previous ten years, in charge of another church organization.

Ahout Nov. 8, 1863, the congregation purchased the church building previously occupied by the Reformed Presbyterians, on the corner of Atlantic ave. and Bond st., and here they have since worshiped. It is of brick, 40x70 feet in size, and accommodates about 500 persons. The principles and forms of government of this church are those formulated in the Westminster Confession of Faith, etc. Rev. Mr. Patterson continues in pastoral charge, and the church is prosperous.

The First Reformed Presbyterian Church was an off- shoot from a church of the same name in New York city. Saveral families in connection with that church resided in Brooklyn, and this led to the establishment here of a church, which was organized April 3, 1848.

Lots were purchased, and a house of worship was erected in Duffield st., near Myrtle ave. Here the congregation wor- shiped till 1879, when the building was sold to the Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), for a chapel. The congrega- tion then worshiped in Granada Hall, Myrtle ave., till Oc- tober, 1881, when they purchased the chapel of the Memorial (Presbyterian) Church, in Prospect place.

The first Pastor was Rev. David J. Patterson, followed in succession by Revs. G. A. McMillan; J. Agnew Crawford,

Jan., 1861 ; Alexander Clements, Nov., 1863 ; Nevin Wood- side, installed Jan. 17, 1867; and John C. Mackey. Rev. T. J. McClelland was installed Pastor, Jan , 1884.

The Reformed Presbyterian Church was organized June 17, 1857, and its first house of worship was at the corner of Atlantic ave. and Bond st., with Rev. J. M. Dickson as the Pastor for six years. The building is now occupied by the United Presbyterian Church. Its second house of worship was at the corner of Lafayette ave. and Ryerson st., and Rev. J. A. Boggs was Pastor for sixteen years. Dec. 7, 1881, Rev. S. J. Crowe was installed Pastor. In 1883, the congregation purchased the Willoughby ave. M. E. Church building, corner of Willoughby and Tompkins aves. The congregation, then 75 strong, now numbers 104 ; and has purchased the edifice in which it now worships, corner of Willoughby and Tomp- kins aves.

Rev. S. J. CROWE, born 1843, near Pittsburgh, Pa .; grad. Westminster Coll., Pa., 1866, and Ref. Pres. Theol. Sem. at Allegheny, 1871; was Pres. Geneva Coll., Pa., 1867-'71 ; lo- cated at Newcastle, Pa., 1872-'81; B'klyn, Dec., 1881-'4.

Second Reformed Presbyterian Church, Ninth st., Brook- lyn, E. D., between South Second and South Third sts., was org. about 1869. The people worshiped for about seven years in a Hall. Its first Pastor was Rev. Alexander Moffat, who, after four years, returned to Ireland. Rev. W. J. McDowell then became the Pastor, until the 23d of May, 1883, when he resigned. In 1876, a church edifice was erected, mainly through the exertions of Mr. McDowell, who was materially encouraged and assisted by the late J. B. Guthrie, Esq. The building is 35 by 60 feet in size, neat and tastefully furnished, and has a seating capacity of 250, and cost $11,000, includ- ing the ground. Beside the auditorium, is a good basement, lecture-room, and Sabbath-school. It is at present without a Pastor.

Rev. WM. J. MACDOWELL was born in Ireland, 1827 ; grad. Royal Belfast Acad. Instit., 1845, and Paisley (Scotland) Theol. Sem., 1847; located Canada, 1848; Lisbon, N. Y., 1858; So. Ryegate, Vt., 1863 ; B'klyn, 1873-'84 ; author Scripture Catechism, 1880, and Ch. Magazine Arts.

February 3d, 1869, at a meeting held in one of the rooms of the Masonic Temple, corner of Seventh and Grand streets, E. D., a new congregation was organized in connection with the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Messrs. John B. Guthrie and Thomas M. Stewart were chosen elders, and Messrs. Dunn, Black, McFadden, Hawthorne and Martin were elected trustees. This enterprise is under the supervision of the Northern Reformed Presbytery.

There are two churches in the United States called Re- formed Presbyterian. The one is known as "The General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church," to which this church belongs, and to which the First Reformed Presby- terian Church, in Prospect place, belongs. The other Re- formed Presbyterian Church is known by the designation of "The Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church." The only material difference between them is, that the General Synod allows its people to vote at municipal, state, and presi- dential elections. The other organization forbids all fra- ternization with political affairs. The division took place in the year 1833. The only church of this denomination is lo- cated on the corner of Tompkins and Willoughby aves. Mr. Crowo is its present Pastor.

The First Free Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn was organized May 31, 1881, with Rev. W. J. Clarke as Pastor. During five months the congregation worshiped in a mis- sion chapel, in Clifton place. The present place of worship is Granada Hall, in Myrtle ave. This is the only church in Brooklyn where the psalms and paraphrases are sung.

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The following Presbyterian clergymen are residing in Brooklyn :

Rev. JAMES H. CALLEN, D.D., born in Ireland, 1824; grad. Lafayette Coll., Pa., 1846; Alleghany Theol. Sem., 1848. Previous locations, Uniontown, Pa., and Trenton, N. J., 1848-'64.

Rev. LYMAN GILBERT, born at Brandon, Vt., June, 1798; grad. Middlebury Coll., 1824, and Andover Theol. Sem., 1827. Pastor Congl. Ch., West Newton, Mass., 1828-'56; at Malden- on-the-Hudson, 1859-'63; came to B'klyn, 1863.

Rev. BENJAMIN PARSONS, born in Bloomfield, N. J., 1826; grad. Yale, 1850, and Hartford Theol. Sem., 1854; was Mis- sionary of Amer. Bd. C. F. Missions in Turkey, 6 yrs .; located Le Roy, N. Y., B'klyn, 1882-'4; was with Army of Cumber- land in U. S. Chr. Com.

Rev. WILLIAM M. MARTIN, born in Rahway, N. J .; grad. N. Y. Univ., 1837, and Union Theol. Sem., N. Y., 1840; lo- cated Woodbridge, N. J., 1852-'63; Columbia City, Cal., 1863 -'4; Virginia City, Nev., 1864-'7; Sec'y B'klyn Y. M. C. A., 1868-"76; Supt. B'klyn City Miss. and Tract Soc., 1878-'84; in 1863, in Chris. Com. Works.

Rev. JOHN ABEEL BALDWIN, born in New York, 1810; grad. Yale Coll., 1829, and Princeton Theol. Sem., 1834; located in Flatlands and New Lots, 1836-'52; Lancaster, Pa., 1852-'6; New Providence, 1857-'63; came to B'klyn, 1863; Pastor at Woodhaven, L. I., 1869.

Rev. DAVID LYME, born in Perthshire, Scotland, 1810; grad. St. Andrew's Univ., 1828; in theology, at St. Mary's Coll., St. Andrew's Univ., 1832; licensed to preach, 1833; Prof. Mathe- matics, etc., in Columbia Coll. Gram. School; Principal B'klyn Pub. School No. 7, 1849-'53; of No. 6, 1853; was Prin. of first evening sch., 1852; opened Eng. and class. sch., 1862; retired in 1871.

Rev. BENJAMIN G. BENEDICT, born in Patterson, N. Y., 1838; grad. La Fayette Coll., Pa., 1859, and Princeton Theol. Sem., 1866; located in Hopewell, N. Y., 1866-"74; B'klyn, 1876-'84.

Rev. OLIVER S. ST. JOHN, born in New York, 1814; grad. Amherst Coll., 1838; studied Hartford Theol. Sem., 1840-'1; located Elizabethport, N. J., 1841-'50; Prof. Latin and Greek, 1850-'4; located B'klyn, 1865-'84.

Rev. CHARLES W. TAYLOR, born at Candor, N. Y .; grad. Union Coll., 1848, and Princeton Theol. Sem., 1853; was tutor in Union Coll .; located Ballston Center, Cambridge, Le Roy, B'klyn, 1878-'84.

Rev. JOHN GOTTFRIED HEHR, born in Germany, 1853; grad. Acad. Dep't., 1878; Theol. Sch. Bloomfield, N. J., 1881; lo- cated B'klyn, 1882.

Rev. LOUIS EULNER, born in Hessen Cassel, Germany, 1815; Missionary Amer. and B'klyn Mission and Tract Soc., 1843-'84.

Rev. WILLIAM J. BRIDGES, born in Baltimore, Md., 1835; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1875; located B'klyn, 1875-'84.

BAPTIST CHURCHES.

The First Baptist Church, cor. of Pierrepont and Clinton sts., represents, since April, 1873, two organizations, viz., the First Baptist Church, formerly located on the corner of Nassau and Liberty sts., and the Pierrepont St. Baptist Church, which formerly occupied a part of the present site. John Ellis, a Baptist preacher from Oyster Bay, L. I., seems to have attempted, during the winter of 1819-'20, to establish a church of this denomination in the village of Brooklyn. We have no further record of the results of his effort; but, during the prevalence of the yellow fever in New York, in the summer of 1822, among those who sought refuge in Brooklyn were two Baptists, viz., Eliakim Raymond (father of the late John H. Raymond, LL. D., first president of the Polytechnic Institute, and afterward president of Vassar College) and Elijah Lewis (father of Elijah Lewis, Jr., the well-known Long Island naturalist and active director of the L. I. Hist. Soc.), who subsequently became one of Brooklyn's prominent merchants. Finding in the village five other Bap- tists, they commenced a prayer-meeting, occasionally pro- curing preaching for the twenty or thirty persons whom they could gather to hear a Baptist minister. Despite the subse- quent return of these two brethren to New York, after the pestilence had ceased, they still continued to strengthen the hands of the little band they had left in Brooklyn by fre- quent visits, often crossing the East River in open boats, in all sorts of weather ; and by supplying preachers at their own cost, in which they were afterward joined by Mr. Wm. Winterton. On the 19th Angust, 1823, a church was finally organized, with the following members : Charles P. Jacobs (Clerk), Richard and Hannah Jones, Joshua and Margaret Evans, Maria Cornell, Sarah Quereau, Elizabeth Jacobs, Margaret Nostrand and Eliza Ann Rust.

Messrs. Raymond and Lewis continued their membership in New York, but gave their counsel and labor to the new

enterprise. The first communion service was held Sunday, Ang. 24, 1823, and the church was formally incorp. on the 16th of the following October, with Eliakim Raymond, Elijah Lewis, John Brown, Richard Poland and Chas. P. Jacobs as Trustees. Meetings continued to be held at private houses until 1824, when the use was secured of the First District School-house, on the site of the present Pub. S. No. 1, corner of Concord and Adams sts., and Rev. Wm. C. Hawley was set apart to the charge of the church in March of that year. Afterwards the congregation occupied the public school- house iu Middagh st., until early in 1827, when (by the man- agement and strenuous exertions of Messrs. Raymond, Lewis and Corning) they had completed an edifice, 40 by 60 feet, without galleries, but ample for their wants at that time, which is still in existence, being occupied as a synagogue by the Jewish Congregation of Beth Elohim. Mr. Hawley was at this time receiving for his pastoral services at the rate of $11.22 a month. The first deacons of the church were Elijah Lewis, Gersham Howell and E. Raymond. Mr. Haw- ley was succeeded in the pastorate by Rev. Jos. A. Warne, 1828-'29; Rev. Geo. Colt and Rev. Josiah Denham, 1829-'30; Rev. J. E. Lascalle, 1830-'31; Rev. Leland Howell, 1833-'37. During his term (1834) the building was sold to the Calvary Free Episcopal Church, and a new one, cor. of Liberty and Nassau sts., was dedicated May 3, 1835. In June, 1857, the bass viol was ousted from the choir by an organ, not with- out great opposition from the older members. In 1857, Rev. Silas Ilsley became Pastor; and, in April, 1840, 33 members were dismissed to form what was first known as the East, and later as the Pierrepont St. B. Ch., which was reunited to the parent church in 1873. In 1837, the Central B. Ch. was org. from this congregation, which, in 1848, with many others, suffered the loss of its edifice in "the great fire." But, by Nov., 1849, a new building was ready for use, costing

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$16,000. Colonies were sent forth from the church, which established the Washington Ave. B. Ch. in 1851; and the Hanson Place B. Ch. in 1854.

The Pastors which succeeded Mr. Ilsley (who resigned Nov., 1841, to take charge of the Wash. Ave. enterprise) were : Revs. Jss. L. Hodge, O. W. Briggs, in 1853; D. J. Yerkes, in July, 1860; H. M. Gallaher, in Sept., 1864, during whose pas- tarate the church edifice was twice enlarged and improved, and a parsonage purchased. In Sept., 1872, Mr. Gallaher was obliged by ill health to resign. Elijah Lewis, Sr., after & service of 25 years as Superintendent of the Sabbath-school, died in August, 1860, and was succeeded by Edward L. Brown.

In April, 1873, the Pierrepont St. B. Ch. was reunited with this church, and, in November following, the united body extended a call to Rev. J. B. Thomas, D. D., of Chicago, IlI., former Pastor of the former church, who commenced his du- ties Jan. 1, 1874. In Dec., 1873, the edifice was partially destroyed by fire, so that the church was obliged to worship in the Pierrepont st. building; and, in 1880, the property was sold, and the site is now occupied by the publishing estab- lishment of A. S. Barnes & Co.

Rev. JESSE B. THOMAS, D. D., was born at Edwardsville, Ill., July 29, 1832, a son of Judge Thomas, of the Supreme Court of Illinois. He grad. at Kenyon Coll., O., in 1850; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. He after- wards entered Rochester Theol. Sem .. but ill health obliged him to leave after a short time. In 1862, he entered the ministry at Waukegan, Ill. His subsequent locations were in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Chicago, returning to Brook- lyn Jan. 1, 1874. Dr. Thomas is a pungent and forcible speaker. He has a judicial mind, with great logical powers, and is very systematic. He is known as lecturer and author.

The Second Baptist Church, org. about 1830, with seven members, who at first worshiped in the " Brooklyn Acad- emy " on the corner of Henry and Pineapple streets. In 1834, a church edifice was erected on a leased lot, cor. of Tillary and Lawrence, at a cost of about $4,000. The Rev. Jacob Price, C. F. Frey, John Beetham (1839-'40), and Octavius Winelow (1836-'37), successively labored here; but whether any of them were settled as pastors is not ascertained. In the autumn of 1838, this church was dissolved, and the build- ing sold to the Free Presbyterian congregation.

PIERREPONT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.

Pierrepont Street Baptist Church was org. April, 1840, with 33 members from the First Church (See p. 1074,) by the name of the East Baptist Church. A building was hired at the cor. of Tillary and Lawrence sts., and the Rev. E. E. L. Taylor, under wnose labors the enterprise had commenced, became its Pastor. On the 20th of July, 1843, at the cor. of Pierrepont and Clinton sts., the corner-stone was laid of a brick edifice (Gothic style), on Pierrepont st., seventy-seven by sixty feet, which was finished in March, 1844, at a cost in- cluding lot of over $19,000. The church was org. as The Pierrepont St. B. Church, May 24, 1843, with the following Trustees: John Speir, Wm. T. Dugan, Amos Allen, John West, Joseph Steele, John H. Smith, Geo. Gault, Gilbert Beam and Adam T. Tiebout. In 1847, thirty-eight members left the church to aid in forming the Central B. Church. In 1849, the Pastor, Rev. E. E. L. Taylor and fifty-four members left to form the Strong Place B. Church, and in 1854, others aided in establishing the Hanson Place B. Church.

In November, 1848, the Rev. Dr. Bartholomew Welsh, of Albany, N. Y., succeeded Mr. Taylor, and was followed June, 1854, by the Rev. John S. Holmes. He was followed by Rev. J. B. Thomas, D. D., who was installed July, 1864, and re- signed January, 1868; and he, by the Rev. Walter W. Ham- mond, who was installed September 10, 1868, and officiated until Feb., 1870, from which time, until 1873, the church was without a regular Pastor.

In 1873, this church and the First Baptist Church were con- solidated under the name of First Baptist Church. (See account of that church).

Soon after the consolidation, the interior of the church building of the First Church in Nassau street, in which the united congregation worshiped, was burned out, and the Gothic edifice on the corner of Pierrepont and Clinton streets was occupied. Within a year the insurance company re- paired the church in Nassau street, aud the congre gation re- turned to it. In 1877, the erection of a new building on the

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site of the on ; in Pierrepont street was commenced, and, in 1880, it was completed and dedicated.

It is a brick structure, trimmed with Ohio free-stone, cost- ing with furniture, $65,000, and having a seating capacity of 1,800. The auditorium has the form of an amphitheater, with the pulpit and ($7,000) organ in one corner. The acoustic ar- rangement of this audience-room is nearly perfect, and the church is in many of its features unique. This is the only Bap- tist church in the city with an open Baptistry. The building was dedicated free from debt. The seats are free, and contri- butions voluntary.

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The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884, Volume II, Part 104

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co Number of Pages: 1345

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co
Number of Pages: 1345