The New York City Church Extension and Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church was an organization whose mission was "... to promote Churches, Missions, and Sunday-schools in the City of New York."[1] It built or purchased churches, missions, and Sunday schools, mostly in Manhattan and the Bronx,[2] and primarily in poor areas, or areas that were being developed.[1] Founded in 1866, it ran 24 congregations by 1895.[1]
The Church Extension and Mission Society owned a number of landmark buildings in Manhattan that later became synagogues. These included, from 1878 to 1885, the building subsequently purchased by Beth Hamedrash Hagadol,[1] and from 1889 to 1902, the building subsequently purchased by the First Roumanian-American congregation.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue NRHP Registration Form, June 20, 1999, Section 8, p. 3.
- ^ Dolkart (1997), Section 8, p. 2.
- ^ Dolkart (1997), Section 8, p. 7.
References[edit]
- Dolkart, Andrew S. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Registration Form, First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue, NPS Forms 10-900/10-900a, United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service, October 2, 1997.
- National Register of Historic Places Nomination, Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, NPS Forms 10-900/10-900a, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, June 30, 1999.