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Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church
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Address: | Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church 2607 Archwood Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Phone: 216/459-1450 |
Affiliation: | Methodist |
Organized: | 1818 |
Pastor: | Rev. Jennifer Brown Steinfurth |
Neighborhood: | Archwood / W25th St. Lat:41N27 08 Long: 081W42 09 |
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History
- Founded by Ebenezer Fish, Ozias Sylvanus, and Seth Brainard. All early settlers in Brooklyn, Ohio.
Locations
- Earliest meeting site -
- (1814) - Home of Oziah Brainard.
- Next meeting site -
- (between 1814 and 1827) - Northeast corner of West 25th Street and Denison Ave. at the Brooklyn Town Hall which was nothing more than a log cabin
- Church building #1 -
- (1827) - Northeast corner of West 25th Street and Denison Ave.. First permanent home of the church was a frame building built in front of the log cabin.
- Church building #2 -
- (1848) - Frame building which in 1882 was destroyed by fire.
- A news article found for a large fire on March 23, 1886[1] that caused the steeple to collapse. The building was not insured. Had it already been abandoned by the time of the 1886 fire, or is the 1882 date a mistake?
- Church building #3 -
- (1882) - 1853 Pearl St. - Brick church
- Church building #4 -
- (1911) - 2607 Archwood Ave. - Present location of the Gothic style church.
Pastors
The following list is not complete.
- Badgley, O.
- Barnett, E.D.
- Baxter, J.
- Graham, P.
- Hunter, A.A.
- Knapp, A.D.
- Mullen, S.H.
- Smith, E.S.
- Smith, W.A.
- VanCamp, A.
- Warner, E.H.
- White, G.L.
- Winters, W.B.
Gallery
Snowstorm on West 25th St. |
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Stained glass window in memory of Ebenezer Foster (right rear of nave area) |
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References
- ↑ "A Night of Terror", Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 23, 1886, pg 1, col. 3