Public Library of BrooklineBrookline Photograph Collection

Assembly of God Church, High + Allerton Sts.

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Title:: Assembly of God Church, High + Allerton Sts.
Description:: Assembly of God Church at High and Allerton Streets.
Name on Item:: Ernest Bushmiller
Date:: 1957
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Public Library of Brookline
Collection (local):: Brookline Photograph Collection
Subjects:: Churches
Trees
Rivers
Churches. Assembly of God
Streets. High Street
Streets. Allerton Street
Places:: Massachusetts > Norfolk (county) > Brookline
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; 26 x 21 cm
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Notes:: Title from item or accompanying materials.
Text from accompanying materials: The Church was erected in 1861 as the "Church of the New Jerusalem" and continued to hold services until the mid-1930s. Because this group was rapidly becoming extinct, the property was sold in 1942 to become the "Highway Gospel Tabernacle" under the leadership of the Rev. J. Earl Douglass. Mr. Douglass continued as pastor until 1952 when the pastorate was filled by the Rev. Robert F. Bowen. In 1954, the congregation changed the name of the church to the "Brookline Assembly of God." Today the "Brookline Asembly of God" is a growing church composed mainly of townspeople. It is evangelical in doctrine and orthodox in teaching. The church is congregational-type of administration and is associated with the General Council of the Assemblies of God, Springfield, Missouri. The Brookline Assembley of God is one of over 7,000 churches of this type in the United States. The Foreign Missionary Program of the denomination numbers over 750 foreign missionaries. This photograph presents the fullest view of the main building which is relatively unchanged from its original construction and was taken by Mr. Ernest Bushmiller of the Bushmiller-Wilk Photographer. The interior of the structure is constructed of hand-rubbed "butternut wood" and contains a full three-manual pipe organ installed in 1862.
Notes (acquisition):: Gift of Rev. Robert F. Bowen.
Notes (date):: Date from accompanying materials.
Notes (object):: Condition: Good.
Identifier:: SAa