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I'm like, not again!' said one parishioner of the historic St. Teresa of Avila Church, who moved there after her previous ...
The Church of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Church, oldest congregational bodies in Brooklyn (“the City of Churches”’), remained apart for 88 years.
Brooklyn’s Plymouth Church is also a downtown rather than a neighborhood church. The big old homes of the district it serves—the Heights overlooking the bay and the Manhattan financial center ...
Brooklyn, N.Y. “Welcome. So glad you’re here,” said a petite woman with a flawless coif, gesturing toward the pew in front of her on my first visit to Plymouth Church, in 1996.
On an elegant residential block in Brooklyn Heights stands what once may have been the most famous church in America. Plymouth Church, on Orange Street, was founded in 1847 with just twenty-one ...
“Plymouth Church has always been the place that has served as the town hall for the Brooklyn Heights community,” Councilmember Lincoln Restler, who grew up in Brooklyn Heights, said.
Step inside Plymouth Church UCC, 2717 E. Hampshire St. - designed by Alexander Eschweiler as a replacement for the congregation's previous Edward Townsend Mix-designed house of worship Downtown ...
A spot underneath Plymouth Church in Brooklyn was part of the path to freedom -- a station on the Underground Railroad -- 170 years ago. "The fear, the hope.
At Brooklyn’s Plymouth Church namesake, there’s still a hint of the Congregationalism those 1620 pilgrims brought ashore. Their independent voting means our annual meetings can get lively.
The church was originally designed without a center aisle, a common layout during the time period – think of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights. In addition, there is a very noticeable floor ...
The Hicks Street Plymouth Church was founded in 1847, and has a rich history connected to the Underground Railroad, aiding in the escape of many enslaved people. News 12 Staff • Mar 4, 2019, 12: ...