HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH

Those of us who are history minded are always excited to read and see any and all information on churches that have survived the ages. One of those churches is pictured above; the Hamilton Square Baptist Church on Nottingham Way in Hamilton Square. This beautiful old edifice is steeped in history. The well preserved graveyard adjoining the property has tombstones with the names of many  local citizens of the past. The 1967 directory of members of the church has many familiar names to me, and I'm sure to many other.

1938: HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH HARVEST SUPPER

THESE SEEMINGLY INSIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORHOOD POSTINGS ARE OF INTEREST TO MANY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, DUE MAINLY TO THE FACT THAT THE PARTICIPATING FAMILIES WERE LISTED IN GREAT DETAIL. HERE'S AN ARTICLE ON THE ANNUAL HARVEST SUPPER HELD AT THAT VENERABLE OLD HAMILTON SQUARE CHURCH.

1912: HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH CENTENNIAL

DIGITIZATION ALLOWS FOR CRYSTAL CLEAR COPIES OF HISTORIC DOCUMENTS. THE CLOTH COVER CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN IN THIS GRAPHIC WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETELY COPIED AND STORED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

1914: OF INTEREST TO HAMILTON SQUARE GENEALOGISTS

THERE ARE MANY OLD LINE HAMILTON SQUARE FAMILIES DOING VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH. I WOULD THINK THIS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF "THE SQUARE."

Hamilton Square Baptist Church

Thanks to digital technology, I am able to take an old faded black and white photo as above, bring it into the computer and voila! A view of the Hamilton Square Baptist church as it looked when it was dedicated in 1851, and in "technicolor" yet!

THE NEW HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1881
HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH NEARING COMPLETION
The Hamilton Square Baptist Church will probably be ready for occupancy sometime in July. The new building is a handsome one, 56 feet front by 96 feet deep, and will have a tower and pinnacles.
The main auditorium will seat six hundred persons, and there are besides the Sunday School, classrooms and parlors. The bell purchased from the Good Will Fire Company of Trenton, will be placed in position in the belfry very soon, and will he heard for miles around calling worshippers to the House of Prayer. Since the tearing down of the old edifice, the Baptist congregation have held service alternatively in the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches at Hamilton Square.
TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1881
HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTISTS BELL TOWER
The Baptist Church of Hamilton Square yesterday, purchased the bell of the Good Will Fire Company of Trenton. It will be removed to Hamilton Square and placed it the belfry of the new church building. The bell was one of the best fire bells in the city and might have been retained for the use of the Fire Department had the late Common Council made an appropriation to place it in a suitable tower.

MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1881
FIRE BELL ARRIVES AT HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH
The fine bell of the Good Will Fire Company, which was sold to the Hamilton Square Baptist Church some time since, was removed to that place on Saturday afternoon. On reaching the "Square" the "Goody boys," who accompanied it, gave it their last ring, and so loud was its tongue that the good, quiet-going folk hurried out to see their new acquisition. It will be hanged in the belfry today.

Hamilton Square Baptist Church

Once again, thanks to 21st computer technology, an old black and white photo can be hand colored and proudly displayed.