South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory

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 parlour and rectory was landmarked by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on March 23, 1983.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

South Congregational Church (Former)
The Former South Congregational Church of Brooklyn
LocationPresident and Court Sts., New York, New York
Coordinates40°40′55″N 73°59′47″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1851, 1857, 1889, 1893
Architect?, ?, F.C. Merry, and Woodruff Leeming
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival architecture
NRHP reference No.82001183[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 4, 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 of the South Church, Brooklyn, which church he served for forty-one years.[4]

The location is believed to have been selected by the famous preacher and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher, father to author Harriet Beecher Stowe.[2] As of 2008, it had a well-preserved façade but had been adaptively reused as an office and multi-residences.[5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Andrew S. Dolkhart, “Designation List 153: “South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory,” (New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1982), p.1-4.
  3. Anne B. Covell (December 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:South Congregational Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying six photos".
  4. Rev. Albert Josiah Lyman at Find A Grave
  5. Russiello, J. "A Sympathetic Planning Hierarchy for Redundant Churches: A Comparison of Continued Use and Reuse in Denmark, England and the United States of America" (MSc Conservation of Historic Buildings, University of Bath, 2008), p.391.
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