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First Congregational Church

First Congregational Church Brockton Massachusetts
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Stock #:68615
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Brockton
State: Massachusetts (MA)
County: Plymouth
Publisher: This Is Holmes
Postmark: 1909
Postmark City: BROCKTON
Postmark State: MA
Stamp: 1C U. S. POSTAGE
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ON PLEASANT STREET NEAR MAIN STREET WAS BUILT IN 1896 AND 1897 AT A COST OF ABOUT $100,000 EXCLUSIVE OF LAND. IT WAS DEDICATED IN DECEMBER 1897 AND REPLACED WHAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS LAUD MARK AND KNOWN AS "THE BROWN CHURCH", WHICH WAS BURNED IN JANUARY 1894. THE CHURCH SOCIETY WAS ORGANIZED IN 1740. THE REV. ALLAN HUDSON WAS INSTALLED AS PASTOR IN DECEMBER 1897.
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