Church property.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Boston, Mass. Berkeley Temple Congregational Church records, 1827-1907.
Collection
Identifier: RG0029
Abstract
The Pine Street Church was formed in 1827. In April of 1857, the Committee of the Pine Street Church met to discuss the sale of the church’s property. The church building was later sold in July of 1857. After the sale of the building, the Pine Street Church and Society purchased land for a new church building at the intersection of Berkeley Street and Warren Avenue in the South End of Boston. By 1861, the new church was completed and had changed its name to the Berkeley Street Church. In...
Dates:
1827-1907
Cambridge, Mass. Pilgrim Congregational Church of Cambridgeport records, 1863-1992.
Collection
Identifier: RG2350
Abstract
Stearns Chapel was erected in 1863 and was located on Harvard Street, near Windsor; it was designed primarily as a Mission Sabbath School and operated for a number of years by the First and Second Congregational, Baptist and Methodist churches. The name was changed to Pilgrim Congregational Church of Cambridgeport in 1871. The collection includes church records, financial records, ministers’ records, membership records, auxiliary group records, historical information, orders of service and...
Dates:
1863-1992
Detroit, Mich. Plymouth Congregational Church records, 1881-1903.
Collection
Identifier: RG5543
Abstract
The Trumbull Avenue Congregational Church was gathered in 1868 and the name changed to Plymouth Congregational Church after the building moved in 1881. The Church remained active until 1903. This collection contains administrative records and includes trustee meeting minutes, an act of incorporation, and a document related to the sale of church property.
Dates:
1881-1903
Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ records, 1834-2021.
Collection
Identifier: RG5299
Abstract
The Congregational Conference of Illinois was established in 1844 by the first three Congregational associations in Illinois: the Congregational Association of Illinois, the Fox River Association, and the Rock River Association. The number of associations within the Congregational Conference of Illinois grew as Congregationalism spread throughout Illinois during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This collection of Illinois Conference records documents the history of the Congregational...
Dates:
1834-2021
Ohio Conference records, 1822-1981. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0138
Dates:
1822, 1840-1971, 1981, bulk 1950-1960s
Olean, N.Y. First Congregational Church petition, 1906.
Collection
Identifier: RG5614
Abstract
The First Congregational Church of Olean, New York, was gathered in 1889. Owing to financial difficulties the church was dissolved in 1906. This collection contains a single petition to the New York State Supreme Court requesting permission to sell the church building.
Dates:
1906
Providence, R.I. North Congregational Church of Providence records, 1895-1916.
Collection
Identifier: RG5549
Abstract
The Charles Street Congregational Society in North Providence, Rhode Island, later the North Congregational Society, was gathered in 1865. In 1882, construction on the Charles Street Chapel was completed and in 1885 the church was renamed to the North Congregational Church. Due to declining membership, the church building was given to the Rhode Island Home Missionary Society in 1912. The collection includes meeting minutes and reports, letters of dismission, and a rejected proposal for the...
Dates:
1895-1916
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
Rhode Island Conference of the United Church of Christ records, 1812-2019.
Collection
Identifier: RG0150
Abstract
The Rhode Island Domestic Missionary Society was formed in 1802 and the Evangelical Consociation of Congregational Churches was formed in 1806. The two entities merged in 1912 as the Rhode Island Congregational Conference. The Rhode Island Congregational Conference merged with the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Christian Conference in 1931 to form the Rhode Island Congregational Christian Conference. After the formation of the United Church of Christ, the conference was known as the Rhode...
Dates:
1812-2019
Thornton, R.I. Congregational Church of Christ records, 1889-1918.
Collection
Identifier: RG5546
Abstract
In 1889, the Congregational Church of Christ of Thornton was first gathered. In 1910, a legal dispute arose over the church’s charter and the land the church was built on. Due to the legal issues, the church property was transferred to the Rhode Island Home Missionary Society. The church dissolved by 1930. This collection contains administrative meeting minutes and vital membership records.
Dates:
1889-1918