Records of the Central Congregational Society and Church (now Cadman Memorial Church), 1845-1945. 5 record cartons, 3 over-size.
ArMs 1989.003
The Central Congregational Society and Church was founded in 1858. In 1939 it was re-named in memory of Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman (1864-1936), the church’s highly respected pastor and the leading Congregational clergyman in the US, as well as the first US radio preacher. In the 1950’s the church merged with the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church at the latter’s location, and afterward came to be known as “Cadman Memorial Congregational Church.”
This collection includes papers, correspondence, account books, deeds, bills, and publications from the Central Congregational Society of Brooklyn and its affiliates. Also included are member lists and baptism records that may be of particular interest to genealogists.