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Grace Reformed Church of Flatbush · 1800 Bedford Avenue
Grace Reformed Church of Flatbush
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[Chapel exterior]

Worker standing on ladder outside Grace Chapel, Flatbush, as another man stands on a fence looking on; A.V. MARTENSE, AMATEUR. [stamped in black ink on label on recto]; 14 [written in ink on label on recto]/n

1893

Grace Reformed Church of Flatbush

[Chapel exterior]

Worker standing on ladder outside Grace Chapel, Flatbush, as another man stands on a fence looking on; A.V. MARTENSE, AMATEUR. [stamped in black ink on label on recto]; 14 [written in ink on label on recto]/n

IMAGE DATE1893
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(George L. Morse, 1893) This congregation traces its origins to 1856, when a Sunday school for African American children “was started in a small building in the woods” in what is now Prospect Park. Two years later, in 1858, it was formally incorporated as the Society for the Amelioration of the Colored Population in Flatbush. The school—which also hosted occasional prayer meetings, funerals and temperance events—was given in 1871 to the Dutch Reformed Church, which began regular church services. After moving several times, the church settled at its current location in 1893 on land donated by the Lefferts family. A decade later, in 1903, Grace Chapel was organized as the independent Grace Reformed Church. Its graceful building features Tiffany stainedglass windows, also donated by the Lefferts family. The Sunday school (1903-04) facing Bedford Avenue was also designed by Morse.

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