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.
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.
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 north side of the Walgreen's warehouse stands next to Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Kidder House, purchased by the church in 1957, is in the back. The church acquired the Walgreen's warehouse in 1954 for $80,000 and invested $71,350 to convert the warehouse to classrooms. The classrooms were used until the warehouse was demolished for the building expansion of 1967-1969.
The view of the Kidder House from the southwest shows the lower elevation of the properties on LaSalle Avenue compared to those on Nicollet Avenue in the background. 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.
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.
The view of the Kidder House from the southeast shows the south side of the sanctuary of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota in the background. 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.
Leavitt H. Hallock, Henry A. Stimson, Charles F. Thwing, David N. Beach, George R. Merrill, Charles L. Morgan, O. B. King, Charles C. Salter, Mary T. Hale, Samuel C. Gale, S. V. S. Fisher, John E. Bell, Edward F. Waite, David Percy Jones, Harry B. Hendley, George A. Brackett, Joseph R. Kingman, Harington Beard
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1907
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The book contains the proceedings and speeches during the fiftieth anniversary celebrations. Topics include: social outreach to immigrant communities, spawning of new churches in Minneapolis, memories of former pastors, an address on the Indian issue, and more. It also includes images of members and past building not available elsewhere. Contributors and topics include persons active in the civic and business life of Minneapolis.
Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, razes the Walgreen's warehouse on Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, south of the church. The 1926 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, property in the background was acquired by the church in 1984, and later razed for parking. The AMOCO station at the corner of Nicollet and Franklin Avenues, was purchased and razed by the church in the early 1990's, is to the far left background The church acquired the Walgreen's warehouse in 1954 for $80,000 and invested $71,350 to convert the warehouse to classrooms. The classrooms were used until the warehouse was demolished for the building expansion of 1967-1969.
The wrecking ball takes aim at the Kidder House south of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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.
World War I veterans participate in the dedication of the World War I Memorial on the LaSalle Avenue side of Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The sculpture memorializes the four Plymouth members who died in service. The Memorial was designed and built by the Hewitt and Brown architectural firm. It was destroyed in 1960 by an automobile and was never replaced. Participants identified in the photograph are: Dr. Norman Smith, Herbert E. Rawson, Edwin Stacy, Edward Dyer Anderson, Paul Loudon, David Sutherland, Edward Adams, Stuart W. Rider, Walter Badger, E.C. Gale, James B. Sutherland, Rev. Wofford Timmons, Charles C. Bovey, Dr. Harry P. Dewey, Douglass Hawley, Jerome Jackman, Lester Badger, Donald Hudson, Andrew Cochran.
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.