This negative provides a front view of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The church's first building, dedicated in December 1858, stood at Fourth Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. No photographs remain. In June 1860, Plymouth�s second minister, Henry Martyn Nichols, preached a fiery temperance sermon that inspired women to launch an effort to close the saloons. Within days of the sermon, a fire destroyed the building. People widely believed the fire was the work of arsonists representing the saloon interests. The Congregation�s second church, built on the same spot, was dedicated in September 1863. Its interior had circular seating for 350 people and a raised pulpit. The congregation worshipped in this church until 1875 when growth in membership required a larger building.
This photograph provides a front view of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The church's first building, dedicated in December 1858, stood at Fourth Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. No photographs remain. In June 1860, Plymouth�s second minister, Henry Martyn Nichols, preached a fiery temperance sermon that inspired women to launch an effort to close the saloons. Within days of the sermon, a fire destroyed the building. People widely believed the fire was the work of arsonists representing the saloon interests. The Congregation�s second church, built on the same spot, was dedicated in September 1863. Its interior had circular seating for 350 people and a raised pulpit. The congregation worshipped in this church until 1875 when growth in membership required a larger building.
The Record documents the World War I service of members of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It includes pictures of the dedication of the World War I Memorial (designed and built by the company of Hewitt and Brown) and the service flags that hung in the sanctuary during the war. It lists the four members who died in the war and the others who served, including their rank, date of entry, and date of discharge.
The front of the Kidder House is on LaSalle Avenue south of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Plymouth's chapel dedicated in 1950 is visible to the left. The neighborhood mansion was owned by William and Lorraine Kidder until the church purchased the property in 1957. For a decade it was used as a duplex residence for assistant ministers and housed youth programs in the lower level. The deteriorating building was razed in September, 1967, to expand parking.
J. Roscoe Furber (Church Moderator) and Howard Conn (Senior Minister) attend the unveiling of a plaque that marks the former location of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the dedication of the new Midwest Federal Building. In 2014 a Barnes and Nobles is located on the ground floor. In 1875, Plymouth Congregational Church opened its third building four blocks south of the second church on the southeast corner of Eighth Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a small boarding house had stood. Unsatisfied with the work of local architects, Plymouth�s minister, Henry Stimson, with the help of choir member Samuel Gale, sketched a design and then recruited New York architect Russell Sturgis, who reluctantly agreed to use the design. The structure was unusual for Minneapolis. The large interior included gallery seating. The exterior combined stone and brick. The congregation worshipped here until 1907, when growing membership once again forced the congregation to move to its location on Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The bulletin of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, includes the program for the dedication of the World War I Memorial and the names of Plymouth members who served in the war. The memorial was designed and built by the company of Hewitt and Brown. It was destroyed by an automobile in 1960.