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Union Congregational Church (Rockville, Connecticut)
Union Congregational Church may refer to: * Union Congregational Church (Avon Park, Florida) * Union Congregational Church (Tavares, Florida) *Union Park Congregational Church and Carpenter Chapel, Chicago, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois * Union Congregational Church (Taunton, Massachusetts), listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts *Union Congregational Church (Worcester, Massachusetts) The Union Congregational Church or Chestnut Street Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church building at 5 Chestnut Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The church is a well-preserved local example of Victorian Gothic Revival st ..., listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts * Union Congregational Church (Mackinac Island, Michigan), listed as a Michigan State Historic Site * Union Valley Congregational Church, Taylor, New York, listed on the NRHP in New York * Union Congregational Church and Parsonage (Buffalo, Wyoming), listed on the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Congregational Church (Avon Park, Florida)
The Union Church, also known as Union Congregational Church, is a historic United Church of Christ church building located in Avon Park, Florida. Construction began in 1890 and the first services were held in the not-quite-completed structure on September 11, 1892. The church was built on land donated by the founder of Avon Park, Oliver Martin Crosby, and his wife. Later the original crenellated bell tower was replaced with a steeple (architecture), steeple. In 1989, the church was listed as in ''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', published by the University of Florida Press."''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 113, Union Church is an active congregation. The church property extends through to Jim Rodgers Avenue. Bill Breylinger has been the senior pastor for over 25 years. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Congregational Church (Tavares, Florida)
The Union Congregational Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic style United Church of Christ church building located at 302 St. Clair Abrams Avenue in Tavares, Florida Tavares (, ) is a city in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Lake County. The population at the 2020 census was 19,003, and in 2019 the population was estimated to be 17,749. It is part of the Orlando&ndas .... The congregation was organized in 1885 and the church was built on land donated by the founder of Tavares, Major Alexander H. St. Clair Abrams. The building was expanded in 1988. In 1989, the church was listed as in ''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', published by the University of Florida Press." Union Congregational Church is still an active congregation. References External links Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Florida Churches in Lake County, Florida United Church of Christ churches in Florida 1885 establishments in Florida Churche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Park Congregational Church And Carpenter Chapel
Union Park Congregational Church and Carpenter Chapel (also known as First Baptist Congregational Church) is a historic church building at 60 N. Ashland Blvd. on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The chapel is named after Philo Carpenter, a deacon, a co-founder of the congregation and of the Chicago Theological Seminary, and an early donor of the original church who was also a noted abolitionist and the city's first druggist. The two buildings are considered as a unit; together, they are a Chicago Landmark and an Illinois Historic Landmark and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The church building is currently occupied by the First Baptist Congregational Church, whose official mailing address is 1613 W. Washington Blvd. in Chicago. The Gothic Revival chapel was designed by architect Otis Wheelock, partner of W. W. Boyington in the firm of Boyington & Wheelock, for the Chicago Theological Seminary, which was located on the same campus; the chapel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Congregational Church (Taunton, Massachusetts)
Union Congregational Church is an historic Congregational church at 265 West Brittania Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1872-73 on land donated by the owner of the Whittenton Mills, and is a nearly unaltered example of Stick/Eastlake style architecture. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Description and history The Union Congregation Church is set at the northeast corner of West Brittania Street and Rockland Street, north of Taunton's downtown area and just west of the Reed and Barton Complex. It is a single-story wood frame structure, with a gable roof oriented parallel to West Britannia Street. Its main entrance, sheltered by a hood with bracketed trusses, houses the historic portrait of Abington Gale Davisinci III and her dog Leopold. This was hung by the Churches first parishioner ''Figaroni''. The glorious artwork set in the base of its tower, which projects forward in the center-left of the south-facing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Congregational Church (Worcester, Massachusetts)
The Union Congregational Church or Chestnut Street Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church building at 5 Chestnut Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The church is a well-preserved local example of Victorian Gothic Revival styling. Its basic appearance is reminiscent of the Notre Dame de Paris, although on a more modest scale. The building was designed by Earle & Fisher and construction took place between 1895 and 1897. Its main facade features twin towers flanking an entrance consisting of three trefoil arches, above which is a large rose window and an arched arcade connecting the two towers. The upper levels of the towers are open areas surrounded by paired narrow pointed-arch openings, and are decorated by crenellations and gargoyles. The main body of the church is covered in a slate roof (original replaced in 1948), and the stained glass of some of its windows was brought over from the buildings of other church congregations which merged into the Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Congregational Church (Mackinac Island, Michigan)
Union Congregational Church may refer to: * Union Congregational Church (Avon Park, Florida) * Union Congregational Church (Tavares, Florida) *Union Park Congregational Church and Carpenter Chapel, Chicago, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois * Union Congregational Church (Taunton, Massachusetts), listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts *Union Congregational Church (Worcester, Massachusetts) The Union Congregational Church or Chestnut Street Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church building at 5 Chestnut Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The church is a well-preserved local example of Victorian Gothic Revival st ..., listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts * Union Congregational Church (Mackinac Island, Michigan), listed as a Michigan State Historic Site * Union Valley Congregational Church, Taylor, New York, listed on the NRHP in New York * Union Congregational Church and Parsonage (Buffalo, Wyoming), listed on the NRH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office is one of 59 state historic preservation offices established according to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 that plays a role in implementing federal historic preservation policy in the United States. The purposes of a SHPO include surveying and recognizing historic properties, reviewing nominations for properties to be included in the National Register of Historic Places, reviewing federal and state undertakings for their impact on historic resources, and supporting federal organizations, state and local governments, and private sector in historic preservation matters. The organization was formerly involved in the listing of state historic sites and operating the state's historical marker program; that function is now performed by the Michigan History Center and Eastern Michigan University. Administration The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office has administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Valley Congregational Church
Union Valley Congregational Church, also known as Union Valley Community House, is a historic Congregational church located at Taylor in Cortland County, New York. It was built about 1849 and is a modestly scaled, one story meetinghouse building with a mortise and tenon timber frame built on an above grade rubble stone foundation. It is rectangular in shape, three bays wide and three bays deep, in the Greek Revival style with an overlay of Late Victorian elements. It features a stout belfry that risesfrom the crest of the roof. ''See also:'' It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 2002. References Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) United Church of Christ chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Congregational Church And Parsonage (Buffalo, Wyoming)
Union Congregational Church and Parsonage, built in 1886, is a historic church located at 110 Bennett Street in Buffalo, Wyoming. It was the first church built in Buffalo, and one of the first two churches established in the northern part of the Wyoming Territory. Early history In December 1883, the Reverend Addison Blanchard, superintendent of missions for the Colorado and Wyoming Congregational Church, visited Buffalo. He spent three weeks preaching, and visiting almost every family in town. He found that there were a few families who wanted to participate in a "union church" on the "simple basis of pure Christianity in which minor differences of opinion and forms should be tolerated...." In February 1884, Buffalo's first resident pastor, Revenend George C. Rock of Philadelphia arrived, and he preached during the next eight months. On October 13, 1884, Superintendent Blanchard organized the Union Congregational Church of Buffalo, with ten founding members. The congregat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
