Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims - Landmarks of New York

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PLYMOUTH CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS

FOUNDED IN 1847 AS PLYMOUTH CHURCH AND BUILT IN 1849 FROM DESIGNS BY J.C. WELLS, THIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BECAME A CENTER OF ANTI-SLAVERY SENTIMENT PRECEDING THE CIVIL WAR. HENRY WARD BEECHER WAS ITS FIRST MINISTER, 1847-1887. ABRAHAM LINCOLN WORSHIPED HERE TWICE IN 1860. A FRAGMENT OF PLYMOUTH ROCK IS IN AN ADJOINING ARCADE. IN 1934 IT WAS UNITED WITH CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS, FOUNDED IN 1844.   PLAQUE ERECTED 1961 BY THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST   Submitted by @lampbane