Call Number: ARC.274
Extent: 3.0 Linear feet, in two record cartons and three loose scrapbooks.
This collection contains the administrative and organizational records of the Marcy Avenue Baptist Church, which began as an outgrowth of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church. The Church, located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, was formed in 1872 and disbanned in 1939, after which its building became home to the Concord Baptist Church of Christ. The church experienced rapid growth and underwent several expansions in the 1870s and 1880s. By 1900, Marcy Avenue Baptist Church was the largest Baptist church in Brooklyn. Materials in the collection include membership rolls, registers, and marriage stubs, as well as Deacons reports, Ladies Aid Society reports, Sunday School Superintendent reports, Benevolent Society reports, reports of the Board of Trustees, and general Church statistics.
Names:
- Marcy Avenue Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Church history
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Religious life and customs
Subjects:
- Baptists — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Church records
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Printed ephemera
- Scrapbooks