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Church buildings.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Berkeley, CA. Grace North Church records, 1891-2016.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5473
Abstract The North Grace Church’s origins began at a meeting on June 28, 1892 with twenty-four “charter members.” The newly formed church, then called the Congregational Church of North Berkeley, was led by Rev. David F. Taylor. The church closed as North Congregational Church in 1992. The church returned in 1995 as Grace North Church and remained open until 2023. This collection contains various records from across Grace North Church and includes topics like vital statistics, church reports and...
Dates: 1891-2016

Bryant, S.D. Union Congregational Church, 1892-2009.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5431
Abstract The Union Congregational Church of Bryant, S.D. was founded on March 13, 1892, with the writing of its first constitution. On March 30th, 1892, the church joined in covenant fellowship with Congregational churches in DeSmet, Hetland, Erwin, Lake Preston, and Willow Lakes. The church building was finished in 1897 and later remodeled in 1945. This collection records the activities of the church and its community through annual reports, membership records, church correspondence, yearbook...
Dates: 1892-2009

Charlestown, Boston, Mass. First Church records, 1632-1927.

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Identifier: RG0049
Abstract Charlestown proper was founded in 1628 and formally settled on July 4, 1629. The First Church of Charlestown was gathered in 1632. The church’s third meeting house was destroyed during the Battle of Bunker Hill and the fourth meeting house was not constructed until 1783 after the American Revolutionary War had ended. In 1913, the Winthrop Church merged with the First Church. In 1957, the interior of the church was destroyed by a fire; financial hardship delayed the restoration of the church...
Dates: Record Keeping: 1632-1927

Grand Rapids, MI. South Congregational Church records, 1850-2001.

 Collection
Identifier: RG4657
Abstract The origins of South Congregational Church start in 1874 when women from the Park Avenue Congregational Church organized a Sunday School. This would eventually lead to a "Mr. Gilbert" donating land for construction of a chapel. The new chapel was located between Sheldon and Jefferson on Delaware Street and finished in 1876. The South Congregational Church was officially organized on December 12, 1878 with 43 charter members. The church would see steady growth until the end of the 1900s, when...
Dates: 1850-2001

Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. Christ Church Evangelical records, 1900-1930.

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Identifier: RG1118
Abstract Christ Church Evangelical (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.) was organized in 1901. The edifice was built in 1903 at 120 Chestnut Street in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. The church, which was a merger of the former German Reformed Church of Bay Village and German Reformed mission of Jamaica Plain, was listed as a Christ Reformed Church and Christ Evangelical & Reformed Church before merging with the United Church of Christ in 1967. The last service was held the same year before the...
Dates: 1900-1930

Jersey City, N.J. First Congregational Church records, 1859-1972.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0723
Abstract The First Congregational Church in Jersey City, New Jersey, was first gathered in 1841 though it was not until 1858 that the church was formally organized. The first church building, called the Tabernacle Church, was constructed in 1863. A new church building was purchased in 1896 and a new church was constructed in 1904. Due to declining membership, the church was dissolved in 1970. This collection contains records related to the administration, history, and membership of the First...
Dates: 1859-1972

John Y. Deane church photograph collection, circa 1960s.

 Collection
Identifier: MS5356
Abstract

John Y. Deane of Northbridge, Massachusetts photographed and maintained a collection of New England churches. The collection was created in the 1950s or 1960s.

Dates: circa 1960s

Revere, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1828-1963.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0149
Abstract In 1828, a group gathered in the home of Joseph Harris to form a new church called the Evangelical Congregational Society of Chelsea. They wanted a new place to worship as the church in Rumney Marsh had moved toward Unitarianism. In 1898, the church became a corporation and changed its name to the First Congregational Church of Revere, taking over the property and debts of the First Evangelical Congregational Society of Revere. A variety of different ministers would lead for short periods...
Dates: 1828-1963

Wollaston, Quincy, Mass. Wollaston Congregational Church records, 1874-1968.

 Collection
Identifier: RG1048
Abstract On September 23, 1874, a meeting was called for the organization of a Congregational church in Wollaston, Quincy, Massachusetts. The resulting Wollaston Congregational Society met in local churches and member residences until the completion of the first meeting house, which was erected in 1875 and dedicated in 1876. Wollaston Congregational Church was officially incorporated on November 15, 1898. Construction on a replacement for the first meeting house ended with a dedication on March 28...
Dates: 1874-1968