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St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
157 St. Pauls Place
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St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
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St. Paul’s Church in the Village of Flatbush, June 4, 1961. The present St. Paul’s, a Gothic structure dating to 1877, replaced the wooden 1836 church, termed “a neat and handsome edifice” in Peter Ross’s 1902 “History of Long Island.”
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St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
St. Paul's Church Facade and tower of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Church Avenue and St. Paul's Place, with sidewalk, lawn and trees in foreground; residential building and trees in right background.
St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
St. Paul's P. E. Church Facade and tower of church with hedges and large tree in front of church, church school building (?) at right of church, residential buildings on far right, and street light and parked automobiles in right foreground. Caption: " St. Paul's P. E. Church, largest of this denomination in the diocese of Long Island, Church Avenue and St. Paul's Place, Flatbush. Organized in 1836 when Flatbush was a farming community. ..."
St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
St. Paul's Choristers Seven standing choir boys holding books, singing in church. Caption: "St. Paul's Choristers, the choir of 40 boys and men of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Flatbush, will present the Passion According to St. Matthew, by J. S. Bach, on Good Friday, April 16, at 7:45 p.m. the narrator will be the Rev. Harold S. Olafson, D.D., rector of St. Paul's Church. The St. Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday, April 15, 1729, at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig."
St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
In the 13th century tradition Two choir boys standing in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Church Avenue and St. Paul's Place; boy on left holds tall candlestick (with candle), boy on right is singing, holding book; behind boys, altar with six candlesticks and crucifix. Caption: "In the 13th century tradition--The two boys pictured above are singing the Quempas (Quem Pastores--Say O Shepherds, whom saw ye?) Carol in the manner that it has been done for the past 700 years in Episcopal churches. ..."
St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
\[St. Pauls Episcopal Church.] St. Pauls Episcopal Church, St. Pauls Place. Rev. H.S. Olafson, D.D., Rector. Rev. E.W. Lester, Curate.
St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
\[St. Pauls Church.] St. Pauls Church, St. Pauls Place, Flatbush.
St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
St. Paul's Church, Flatbush Interior, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Church Avenue and St. Paul's Place, with pews, chancel, altar, stained glass windows, and chandeliers.
St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
St. Paul's P. E. Church, Flatbush, L. I.
St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush
\[St. Paul's Episcopal Church] Facade and tower (wood) of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Church Avenue and St. Paul's Place, as it appeared between 1836 and 1874 (building torn down in 1874), with wood fence along front, snow-covered ground in foreground, and trees in foreground and background.
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