This post Civil War erected church is soon to be destroyed and Demolition Depot in a Manhattan is selling off the decor>>>> http://blog.demolitiondepot.com/2015/07/church-of-redeemer-borum-hill-brooklyn-ny.html Name: Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) Address: 24 Fourth Avenue Cross Streets: Corner Pacific Street Neighborhood: Boerum Hill Year Built: 1866 Architectural Style: Gothic Revival Landmarked: No, but should be somehow, either individually or part of a HD. The story: The history of any place is greatly written by the houses of worship that have been built there. This is especially true in Brooklyn, where the story of immigration can be tracked by the churches, synagogues and mosques along the way. By the 1850’s, Brooklyn was growing rapidly outward from the Fulton Ferry and the riverfront, and the city had reached the Times Plaza area, a part of town that would become a nexus of transportation and commerce in the years to come. By 1853, however, it was the edge of the neighborhood of Boerum Hill. The Episcopalian community worshiping at St. Peter’s Church on State Street, near Bond, was getting too large by the 1850’s, and a group split away to found the Church of the Redeemer, in 1853. They met in a hall on Fulton Street until they were able to purchase a plot of land on the corner of Pacific and 4th Avenue, and set about building a chapel, the first step to a much larger church to be built later. But early on, they but lost a great deal of frontage when 4th Ave was widened to its present width in 1865, so as plans were being re-evaluated, the Byzantine style chapel, designed by G. Wheeler, went up at the back of the lot.