Historic Churches of East Orange 2009 Calendar Year
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Historic Churches
of East Orange
2009 Calendar Year
From the Historical Society of East Orange, Inc.
www.eohistory.info eohistorical@yahoo.com
Original Name: Second Presbyterian Church (Brick Church) ,1831 Today: Temple of United Christians Brick Church Location: Corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and Prospect Street.
Large Photo at the Left — Although it was the second Presbyterian Church built in the Oranges, it was the
first church to be built within the bounds of East Orange and remains our oldest historic building still standing.
Jan 25 — Today: St Agnes & St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church at the Jan 30 — Today: Burned in 1990 and Re-
corner of Prospect St. and
Renshaw Avenue. J ANUARY built; Calvary Roseville United Methodist, at
Martin Luther King Blvd. & North Walnut St.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
New Year’s Day
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Historical Soci-
ety meets at
10:00 AM
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Martin Luther Inauguration
King, Jr. Day Day
25 26 27 28 29 30 First Calvary 31
St. Paul’s Epis- Methodist Epis-
copal Church, copal Church,
1896 1887
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Original Name: First Baptist Church of Orange ,1858 Today: Green Pastures Missionary Baptist Church Location: Corner of North Maple Avenue and Church Place.
Feb. 22 — Today: New Hope Baptist
Church at the corner of Prospect and Nor-
man Streets. See December.
F EBRUARY Feb. 22 — The original 1895 Prospect
St. Baptist Church as it appeared in 1905.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Large Photo at the Left — The first Baptist Church in East Orange and the
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
first with an African American Congregation dating back to 1891.
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Historical Soci- Lincoln’s Birth- Valentine’s Day
ety meets at day
10:00 AM
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
President’s Day
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Prospect St.
Baptist Church,
1895
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Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1864 Location: Corner of Munn Avenue and Freeway Drive East
Large Photo at the Left — This church was built in 1863, the same year East Orange separated from Orange,
Mar. 20 — The old-
est building in East
Orange, still in op-
eration as the Temple
of United Christians,
Brick Church on the
corner of Martin Lu-
Mar. 29 — Christ Episcopal Church,
still at the corner of Martin Luther
King Blvd. and Burnett Street. See
September..
M ARCH ther King Blvd and
Prospect Street. See
January.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
and thus earned it the title of First Presbyterian Church.
Daylight Sav- Historical Soci-
ings Time Be- ety meets at
gins 10:00 AM
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
St. Patrick’s Second Presby-
Day terian Church ,
1830
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Christ Episcopal
Church opens,
1891
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Elmwood Presbyterian Church, 1874 The stone church addition in the background is dated 1909 Location: Corner of Elmwood Avenue and Shepard Avenue.
Large Photo at the Left — The first Elmwood Presbyterian Church was built as a wooden chapel, still stand-
Apr 22 — Temple Sharey Tefilo, shown
Apr 22 — Today: Faith Temple New
A PRIL above in a 1950 photo, was built to serve a
ing. In 1909, a stone church was built and still connects to the original wooden chapel.
Hope Church, on Prospect St. near Wil- Jewish congregation and replaced an earlier
liam Street. temple built on Cleveland Street in Orange.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Good Friday
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Easter Historical Soci-
ety meets at
10:00 AM
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Temple Sharey
Tefilo dedicated
in 1927
26 27 28 29 30
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Original Name: First Dutch Reformed Church (The Brownstone Church) ,1875 Today: Faith Temple O.F.W. Baptist Location: Corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and Halsted Street.
* Historical Society meets on 5/12/09 at 10:00 AM
May 12 — 130 members of the
original Brick Church broke away May 12 and Large Photo at
in 1875 and established the Dutch the Left —
Reformed Church on the corner of Today: The original building
what was then called Main Street still stands and is still in use
and Halsted Street. It was nick-
named “The Brownstone.” M AY as the Faith Temple Original
Free Will Baptist Church.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12* 13 14 15 16
Mother’s Day First Dutch Re-
formed Church
established 1875
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Memorial Day
31 Pentecost
For more historical information and photos of these churches, go to our Web site: www.eohistory.infoOriginal Name: Ferry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880 Today: Living Water Christian Center Church Location: Corner of Dodd Street and Cottage Place.
Jun 14 — See Feb-
ruary for views of Jun 8 — Today, the
the First Baptist Arlington Avenue
Church. This photo Presbyterian Church is
shows North Maple much the same as it
Avenue before the was in 1893; wooden
railroad tracks were frame building, cov-
elevated. Church is ered with dark brown
on the far right past
the railroad bridge. J UNE wooden shingles. See
November.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Large Photo at the Left — Ferry M.E. Church was named after George J.
Ferry, the father of the first pastor of the church, and a mayor of Orange.
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Arlington Ave- Historical Soci-
nue Presbyterian ety meets at
Church 1893 7:00 PM
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
First Baptist
Church, 1837
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Father’s Day
28 29 30
St. Paul’s
A.M.E. dedi-
cated 1963
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Original Name:
Name: Hawthorne
Hawthorne Avenue
Avenue Baptist
Baptist Church,
Church, 1891
1891
Today:
Today: Church
Church at
at the
the Crossroads
Crossroads
Location:
Location: Corner of Hawthorne Avenue
Corner of Hawthorne Avenue and
and Freeway
Freeway Drive.
Drive.Large Photo at the Left — The First Baptist Church in Orange organized in 1837 and used as its first
church, the building shown in February’s Calendar. In 1892, the congregation built this new church originally
on Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue. They sold the older building to the Calvary (Colored) Baptist Church
5
in 1891.
26
19
12
Then the area was crossed by
the Garden State Parkway and
the Freeway (Route 280), and
Sun
the church took on the name
“Church at the Crossroads.”
Part of the facility is used as a
6
27
20
13
registration and enrollment
center for the East Orange Pub-
lic Schools and has also served
as a day-care and primary
Mon
school.
7
28
21
14
Tue
Presbyterian
Church, 1864
Munn Avenue
8
1
29
22
15
Wed
J ULY
9
2
30
23
16
Thu
3
31
24
17
10
Fri
4
25
18
11
Day
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Sat
Independence
Chapel in 1902. See March.
East Orange, it was built in
nal building were added on
First Presbyterian Church of
the Reasoner Memorial
Various additions to the origi-
ange separated from Orange.
over the years, the last being
1863, the year when East Or-
Jul 21 — Also known as theBethel Presbyterian Church, 1898 Location: Corner of Dodd Street and Midland Avenue
Large Photo at the Left — Bethel Presbyterian Church started meetings in 1817, in the
home of Calvin Dodd. The wood frame chapel shown in the small photo to the left was
built in 1866 on the south side of Dodd Street near Brighton Avenue. Dedicated in Septem-
ber of 1866, it no longer exists today.
Then, on land donated by Josiah F. Dodd, the stone church shown above was built at the
corner of Dodd Street and Midland Avenue,
where it has remained to this day. The stone
A UGUST church was dedicated in November of 1891, but
the cornerstone is dated 1898.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
For more historical information and photos of these churches, go to our Web site: www.eohistory.infoChrist Episcopal Church, 1891 Location: Corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and North Burnett Street.
Large Photo at the Left — Christ Episcopal was originally built in 1870, but burned in 1888. The new
church, shown above, dates from 1891. Recently, the stained glass windows were restored and they can be seen
Sep 13 — This church building no
longer exists. See August and
November .
S EPTEMBER Sep 28 — Today the Christian Science
building is known as The New Reid Temple
Church of God in Christ.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Labor Day Historical Soci- Patriot Day
ety meets at
7:00 PM
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
on our Web site at www.eohistory.info.
Bethel Presbyte-
rian Church,
1817
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
Christian Sci-
ence Society,
1910
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Original Name:
Name: Our
Our Lady
Lady Help
Help of Christians R.C. Church, 1892
Today:
Today: Holy
Holy Spirit
Spirit and
and Our
Our Lady
Lady Help
Help of
of Christians
Christians Church
Church
Location:
Location: Corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and North
Blvd and North Clinton
Clinton Street.
Street.Large Photo at the Left — When Holy Spirit R.C. Church in Orange had to close its doors for financial reasons, Oct 18 — Today; rebuilt in 1908, it
is known as the Mount Olive Baptist Oct 14 — Today it is
Church. It is located on the west side known as St. Paul’s
of Ashland Avenue between Martin African Methodist
Luther King Bvld. And William Episcopal Church. It is
Street. located on the west
side of Old Sanford
Street, near Central
Avenue. See also, June
O CTOBER 30th for A.M.E. dedi-
cation.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
the entire congregation merged with Our Lady Help of Christians.
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Columbus Day Historical Soci- Sanford St.
ety meets at M.E. Church,
10:00 AM 1907
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Swedish Con-
gregational
Church, 1896
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Halloween
For more historical information and photos of these churches, go to our Web site: www.eohistory.infoArlington
Arlington Avenue
Avenue Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church,
Church, 1893
1893
Location:
Location: Corner
Corner of
of Springdale
Springdale and
and Arlington
Arlington Avenues.
Avenues.Large Photo at the Left — Residents in the Presidential Street Section of East Orange area began to hold meet-
ings in a barn at 20 Hamilton Street in the early 1890s This building was constructed and dedicated in 1893.
Nov 8 — This stone church
replaced an earlier wood
frame chapel. See August and
September.
N OVEMBER Nov 29 — Today: Park Avenue Christian
Church at the corner of Park Avenue and
North Seventeenth Street.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 All Saints Day 2 All Souls Day 3 4 5 6 7
Election Day
Daylight Saving
Time Ends
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Bethel Presbyte- Historical Soci- Veteran’s Day
rian Church, ety meets at
1891 10:00 AM
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Thanksgiving
29 30
Disciples of
Christ Church,
1908
For more historical information and photos of these churches, go to our Web site: www.eohistory.infoOriginal Name: Prospect Street Baptist Church, 1895 Today: New Hope Baptist Church; the old building is still attached in the background. Location: Corner of Prospect and Norman Streets.
Dec 13 — Before St. Joseph’s church was
built, services were held in a carpenter’s
shop beginning in 1918. That suggested the
name, after St. Joseph the Carpenter. The
stone church was built across the street
from the original carpenter shop in 1931.
D ECEMBER St. Joseph’s Parochial School is also still in
operation across the street from the church.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Large Photo at the Left — The older building faces Norman Street,
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Historical Soci-
ety meets at
10:00 AM
while the modern building faces Prospect Street.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
St. Joseph R.C.
Church, 1931
20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas 26
27 28 29 30 31
For more historical information and photos of these churches, go to our Web site: www.eohistory.infoIn celebration of the centennial of the incor- This large (8.5" by 11") 2009 Calendar, is-
poration of East Orange as a city (1909- sued by the Historical Society of East Or-
2009), the Historical Society of East Orange ange, Inc. for the coming centennial year,
has created this fund raising calendar of 12 contains 12 photos of our most historic
old and present-day views of East Orange. church buildings still standing. The churches
$20.00 are seen in full color as they are today, next to
black and white photos showing how they
This is a reprint of the original looked 100 or more years ago. $20.00
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