Plymouth Church, Brooklyn

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Congregational church abolitionist center church historic church

Plymouth Church in Brooklyn is a historic 19th-century Congregational church best known as the influential pulpit of abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher and a major center of anti-slavery activism.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn canonical 4
Plymouth Church 2
Plymouth Church (Brooklyn) 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Congregational church ⓘ
abolitionist center ⓘ
church ⓘ
historic church ⓘ
AbrahamLincolnVisit 1860 ⓘ
affiliation United Church of Christ ⓘ
architect J. C. Wells ⓘ
architecturalStyle Italianate ⓘ
Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form: Romanesque Revival
borough Brooklyn ⓘ
buildingMaterial brick ⓘ
city Brooklyn ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1849 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentName Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims ⓘ
surface form: Plymouth Church
founded 1847 ⓘ
foundedAs Plymouth Church, Brooklyn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plymouth Church
hasCemetery no ⓘ
hasFeature hidden rooms used to shelter escaping enslaved people ⓘ
hasOrgan pipe organ ⓘ
hasTower yes ⓘ
hostedEvent abolitionist lectures ⓘ
anti-slavery rallies ⓘ
hostedSpeaker Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Charles Sumner ⓘ
Frederick Douglass ⓘ
Sojourner Truth ⓘ
William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
knownFor innovative use of music in worship ⓘ
large, theater-like sanctuary ⓘ
landmarkDesignation New York City Landmark ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
mergedName Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims ⓘ
mergedWith Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims ⓘ
surface form: Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn
musicDirector Theodore Thomas ⓘ
neighborhood Brooklyn Heights ⓘ
nickname The Grand Central Depot of the Underground Railroad ⓘ
notableFor abolitionist preaching ⓘ
anti-slavery activism ⓘ
influential pulpit of Henry Ward Beecher ⓘ
role in the Underground Railroad ⓘ
NRHPStatus contributing property in Brooklyn Heights Historic District ⓘ
partOf Brooklyn Heights ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Heights Historic District
pastorTenureOfHenryWardBeecher 1847–1887 ⓘ
primaryPastor Henry Ward Beecher ⓘ
registeredHistoricPlace National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
religiousDenomination Congregationalism ⓘ
roofType gable roof ⓘ
streetAddress 57 Orange Street ⓘ
usedAs stop on the Underground Railroad ⓘ
website https://www.plymouthchurch.org ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Ward Beecher → employer → Plymouth Church, Brooklyn ⓘ
Brooklyn Heights → contains → Plymouth Church, Brooklyn ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Church
Plymouth Church sermons → associatedWithChurch → Plymouth Church, Brooklyn ⓘ
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn → foundedAs → Plymouth Church, Brooklyn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Church
Theodore Tilton → associatedWith → Plymouth Church, Brooklyn ⓘ
Elizabeth Tilton → memberOf → Plymouth Church, Brooklyn ⓘ
J. C. Wells → designed → Plymouth Church, Brooklyn ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Church (Brooklyn)
J. C. Wells → notableWork → Plymouth Church, Brooklyn ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Church (Brooklyn)