South Congregational Church (Brooklyn)

South Congregational Church (Former)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 1245
The former South Congregational Church of Brooklyn
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Location	President and Court Sts., Brooklyn, New York
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 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]

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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Andrew S. Dolkhart, "Designation List 153, LP-1245: South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory". New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1982, pp. 1–4. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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. A service in memory of the Reverend Albert Josiah Lyman, D.D. South Congregational Church, Brooklyn, New York. October 31, 1915. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
5. "Church Makes Novel Deal With Developer". The New York Times. December 5, 1982. Retrieved February 14, 2023.

External links

• Media related to South Congregational Church at Wikimedia Commons