Marie asked about the Eldridge Street Church at 89-93 Rivington Street. http://www.eldridgestreet.org/museum-hours-admission-and-more/ What's ironic is that that this old Manhattan church was built for Presbyterians to convert Jewish residents, but it backfired! As history unraveled, it became the heart of Jewish life on the Lower East Side. In 1857, it was known as "First German Presbyterian Church" and "German Evangelical Church of NYC." Then, in 1864, it housed an Orthodox German-Jewish congregation. By 1890, it was known as the Allen Street Memorial Church (Methodist). Finally, in 1902, it was the First Roumanian-American Congregation (Jewish), until the building collapsed in January 2006. View architectural photos, here>>> http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/LES036.htm Visitors may purchase a discounted museum admission through Living Social, here>>> https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/1594148-museum-at-eldridge-street-admission-and-tour?cvosrc=affiliate.cj.594343&utm_campaign=594343&utm_content=3724478&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=cj Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com

I think you may be conflating two different buildings. The Museum at Eldridge Street, which you linked to and which the Living Social deal is for, is at 12 Eldridge Street and is still standing. I believe the building has always been a Jewish synagogue, though I'm not sure. The building several blocks away at 83 Rivington St. is the one that has bounced around between religions and denominations and was demolished in 2007. I don't know if either of them was ever known as the Eldridge St. Church, as one was not a church and the other was not on Eldridge Street! Kathleen On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:46 PM, mizscarlettny via <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Marie asked about the Eldridge Street Church at 89-93 Rivington Street. > http://www.eldridgestreet.org/museum-hours-admission-and-more/ > > > What's ironic is that that this old Manhattan church was built for > Presbyterians to convert Jewish residents, but it backfired! > As history unraveled, it became the heart of Jewish life on the Lower East > Side. > > > In 1857, it was known as "First German Presbyterian Church" and "German > Evangelical Church of NYC." Then, in 1864, > it housed an Orthodox German-Jewish congregation. By 1890, it was known as > the Allen Street Memorial Church (Methodist). > Finally, in 1902, it was the First Roumanian-American Congregation > (Jewish), until the building collapsed in January 2006. > > > View architectural photos, here>>> > http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/LES036.htm > > > Visitors may purchase a discounted museum admission through Living Social, > here>>> > > https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/1594148-museum-at-eldridge-street-admission-and-tour?cvosrc=affiliate.cj.594343&utm_campaign=594343&utm_content=3724478&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=cj > > > > > Barb > > MizScarlettNY@aol.com > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >