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Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church
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Image:Brooklyn_Methodist_-_pulpit.jpg|Pulpit in Chancel area<br>(Archwood building) | Image:Brooklyn_Methodist_-_pulpit.jpg|Pulpit in Chancel area<br>(Archwood building) | ||
Image:Brooklyn_Methodist_-_altar_table.jpg|Altar table in Chancel area | Image:Brooklyn_Methodist_-_altar_table.jpg|Altar table in Chancel area | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 5 December 2010
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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 |
Contents |
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.
Gallery
 Brooklyn Village Methodist Episcopal Church of 1880. Painting done from memory by Mrs. Carrie Burlingame Wolbert in 1948. |
 Front sign |
 Corner stone (north view) |
 Corner stone (west view) |
 Corner stone from previous church building. Now used in the current building. |
 South facing window on west wall |
 Chancel, pulpit, and choir loft |
 Chancel area |
 Choir |
 Choir loft |
 Stained glass at rear of choir loft |
 Nave area |
 Stained glass at rear of nave area |
 Pulpit in Chancel area |
 Altar table in Chancel area |
 Small railing and steps |
 Baptismal font |
 Ceiling detail with skylight |
 Ceiling and arch detail |
 Wall detail |
 Upper balcony |
 Upper balcony |
 Stained glass window in memory of Ebenezer Foster (upper balcony) |
 Door detail |
 Guest book |
 Typical staircase |
 Another staircase |
 Hallway |
 Stained glass window in stairwell |
 Old wicker furniture |
 Bell rope and ladder |
 Meeting room |
 Meeting room (rear) |
 Meeting room upper level |
 Meeting room upper level (rear) |
 Small stage at southeast corner of meeting room |
 Chair and windows in upper display room |
 Display case |
 Child's high chair |
References
- ↑ "A Night of Terror", Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 23, 1886, pg 1, col. 3
