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Bellville Avenue Congregational Church
1868 -
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The Belleville Avenue
Congregational Church was organized in 1868 by members of the First Congregational Church.
A lot was purchased and a chapel erected at a cost of $9,000. A new
building was dedicated on April 25, 1884. Several of the ministers of the church
have attained wide prominence in the world of literature:
George H. Hepworth became an editor of the New York Herald in 1885
Ray Palmer was a prominent writer of hymns
William Hayes Ward became the editor of the Independent
| Reverend |
From |
To |
| Calvin B. Hulbert |
November 16, 1869 |
April 22, 1872 |
| George M. Boyton |
December 4, 1872 |
February 29, 1880 |
| George Hepworth |
November 15, 1881 |
November 1885 |
| William Brodhead |
1885 |
1885 |
| Hugh O. Pentecost |
May 13, 1886 |
April 13, 1888 |
| Walter Nutting |
April 13, 1889 |
March 5, 1890 |
| Samuel Lane Loomis |
March 5, 1890 |
November 9, 1896 |
| William A. Rice |
April 22, 1897 |
November 1, 1902 |
| T. M. Shipherd |
1904 |
1909 |
| James A. Solandt |
February, 1910 |
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| Address |
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| 76 Belleville Ave. (opp. Crittenden) |
1869 |
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