1891: THE PROSPECT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

 Above photo is from "TRENTON ILLUSTRATED;" an 1891 folio of exquisite engravings showing the city of Trenton in that era. Below is a postal card from the TRENTONIANA collection at the Trenton Free Public Library and digitized by Mr. Tom Tighue.

It is difficult in this year of 2016 to envision that neighborhood which bordered an area known ad "Berryville." It was also in the Cadwalader, Hiltonia, Berkeley Street area where our more affluent Trentonians resided.

1874 AND 1891: TRENTON'S PROSPECT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

 

Perhaps this material was posted somewhere in the deep deep pages of this blog. However, I am not sure that I brought the two engravings above into any former post, and therefore am duplicating an entry relating to Trenton's historic Prospect Presbyterian Church. The grand old building still stands, but no longer affiliated with the name Prospect Presbyterian.

1938: ERNIE KOVACS IN A PROSPECT PRESBYTERIAN PLAY

This graphic was mistakenly paired with the Holy Cross girls WWII letter writing project as seen in the preceding post. Thanks to Mike Kuzma for pointing out the error. Yesterday morning was a very busy morning for me with 3 interruptions by visitors which resulted in Mike Kuzma being moved from the Trenton High 1952 graphic, to a 1962 Trenton High commencement story. Let's just call it a bad day, and realize that Tom Glover is rapidly losing his ability at "multi-tasking." Time was when I could manage 4 things at a time; now I seem to have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time.

1911: CHRISTMAS AT TRENTON'S PROSPECT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The old photo of Prospect Presbyterian is from "Trenton Illustrated;" a pictorial treasure with exquisite engravings of scenes in and around Trenton in 1891. Note the un-paved Prospect Street in the foreground. Many old Trenton families attended this beautiful church in the 19th and 20th century. Unfortunately, "white flight" resulted in the Presbyterians abandoning the beautiful historic structure. One wonders if God still abides in the old church with a new religious group has taking over the historic house of worship.

Sally Logan Gilman said...

Hi Tom: What a thrill to see my Prospect St. Pres. Church in its early glory days. My parents, Sarah Hutchinson and Russell Logan were married there. They always took me to Sunday School and I sang in the choir and taught Sunday school when I got older. We have driven by whenever we came to Trenton and it breaks my heart. I will always remember how welcoming it was and how happy my family was when we walked through the front door. Again, thanks for the memories.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010