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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

1916: CADWALADER HEIGHTS M.E. CHURCH


Here's an architect rendering of the church as it looked on Sunday morning, October 3, 1915.

This from the Trenton Historical Society website:

CADWALADER HEIGHTS M.E. CHURCH - 1860

STUYVESANT AVENUE AND OAK LANE
The Cadwalader Heights Church is the direct successor of the old Warren Street M.E. Church which was organized in 1860 as a mission by a group belonging to the First M.E. Church. In 1859 a lot was secured on North Warren Street for a Sunday school that had been meeting in a school house on the Pennington road. In 1860 this group assumed the name of the Warren Street M.E. Church, though it was not until 1876, to accommodate a growing and enterprising congregation, that a church was built on North Warren Street. The influx of business on Warren Street and the expansion of population westward prompted the congregation to sell this valuable property to the “City Rescue Mission.” During the pastorate of the Rev. Walter Atkinson a new church was built at the corner of Stuyvesant Avenue and Oak Lane. This fine church perpetuates the memory of the old Warren Street Church.

3 comments:

Jay said...

What a great find. I live in Cadwalader Heights, and we are having our House Tour on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, form 12p-5p, and this church is included. It is also where registration will be held.

The official name for the church now is The Cadwalader-Asbury United Methodist Church.

Once again Tom...great!

Tom Glover said...

Hi Jay; Thanks for the visit and the comment on the current church name of Cadwalader Asbury United Methodist. It's folks like you who make all the hard work worthwhile.

Tom Glover

Anonymous said...

I loved reading about the origins of this church. I was a member of the Cadwalader Heights United Methodist (as we knew it to be then) from when I was a baby in 1946 till 1967. I attended the walking tour on September 26, 2009. While I enjoyed every aspect of the tour and being able to see these beautiful old homes a highlight for me is being able to see the church again. It truly is a work of art that has retained its beauty for almost a hundred years.

Judy Staed