Greenwood Baptist Church

461 6th Street | Park Slope | built 1931

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1858
September 28
Greenwood Baptist Church incorporates as an independent congregation after starting as a prayer meeting
The congregation began in 1856 as a prayer meeting mission led by Reverend Henry Bromley of Strong Place Baptist Church. On September 28, 1858, it was formally incorporated as a church in its own right. The church now stands in Park Slope.
“…begun as a prayer meeting mission by Reverend Henry Bromley of Strong Place Baptist Church in 1856 and was incorporated as an independent church on September 28, 1858…”
Source: Wikipedia
1900
Adolph Leicht designs the congregation's Gothic Revival church at 7th Avenue
The current Greenwood Baptist church was built in 1900 at the corner of 6th Street and 7th Avenue. Adolph Leicht designed it in the Gothic Revival style, and in 2016 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture.
“The current church building was erected in 1900 ... Designed by Adolph Leicht, the Gothic Revival building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places…”
Source: Wikipedia

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