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OLD STONE CHURCH. Around 1833, a congregation was formed as a "missionary church in the wilderness." ( | OLD STONE CHURCH. Around 1833, a congregation was formed as a "missionary church in the wilderness." (1) This group of nineteen people, five men and fourteen women, placed the cornerstone for the Old Stone Church, their first permanent place of worship, built with the help of [[KING, John|John KING]] east of present day [[WASHINGTON PARK]]. | ||
On May 12, 1839, Reverend James A. Clark, hired by the Congregational Home Mission Society, organized the congregation as the First Congregational Church of Dubuque. ( | On May 12, 1839, Reverend James A. Clark, hired by the Congregational Home Mission Society, organized the congregation as the First Congregational Church of Dubuque. (2) Lack of funds led the congregation to suffer foreclosure on Old Stone Church in 1844. | ||
In 1877 the African American community purchased the building as a church. (3) | |||
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1. Hanson, Lyn. "History Highlights Celebration," ''Telegraph Herald'', May 13, 1989, p. 8A | |||
2. Ibid. | |||
3. "Caught on the Fly," ''Dubuque Herald'', September 7, 1877, p. 4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18770907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | |||
[[Category: Church]] | [[Category: Church]] | ||
Revision as of 02:41, 5 December 2015
OLD STONE CHURCH. Around 1833, a congregation was formed as a "missionary church in the wilderness." (1) This group of nineteen people, five men and fourteen women, placed the cornerstone for the Old Stone Church, their first permanent place of worship, built with the help of John KING east of present day WASHINGTON PARK.
On May 12, 1839, Reverend James A. Clark, hired by the Congregational Home Mission Society, organized the congregation as the First Congregational Church of Dubuque. (2) Lack of funds led the congregation to suffer foreclosure on Old Stone Church in 1844.
In 1877 the African American community purchased the building as a church. (3)
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Sources:
1. Hanson, Lyn. "History Highlights Celebration," Telegraph Herald, May 13, 1989, p. 8A
2. Ibid.
3. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, September 7, 1877, p. 4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18770907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en