South Congregational Church (Brooklyn)
Church in Brooklyn, New York
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The South Congregational Church is a former Congregational and United Church of Christ church building complex located on the intersection of Court and President Streets in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York City. The complex consisting of a church, original chapel, ladies parlor, and rectory was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on March 23, 1982.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 1982.[1]
South Congregational Church (Former) | |
The former South Congregational Church of Brooklyn | |
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| Location | President and Court Sts., Brooklyn, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′55″N 73°59′47″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1851, 1857, 1889, 1893 |
| Architect | ?, ?, F.C. Merry, and Woodruff Leeming |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival architecture |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001183[1] |
| NYCL No. | 1245 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 4, 1982 |
| Designated NYCL | March 23, 1982 |
The chapel was built 1851 and the church in 1857. The ladies parlor was built in 1889 to designs by English-American architect Frederick Charles Merry (d.1900) and the rectory building in 1893 to designs by architect Woodruff Leeming. The church is noteworthy as one of Brooklyn's finest examples of the Early Romanesque Revival architectural style. The designers of the chapel and church remain unknown.[2][3] In 1874, the Rev. Dr. Albert Josiah Lyman became pastor, and served for 41 years.[4]
The location is believed to have been selected by the famous preacher and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher, brother of author Harriet Beecher Stowe.[2] In the 1980s, as an example of adaptive reuse, the interior of the church complex was converted to apartments and offices.[5]
