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OB 1956-1960 thru Jamestown A-Z
See [[Branches of Plymouth Brethren]] to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB (& TW-P) are Halls & Chapels within the "open brethren" (although GH's (generally) maintain a separate network from the Chapels). EB/TW/TW-N are "Careful" Brethren (similar to OB Halls), and BC are (generally) independent community churches with early or indirect PB influence, and will (usually) not consider themselves "Brethren"). AA/CA refers to assemblies of African or Caribbean origin, or predominant demographic, although all ethnicities are overly welcome in any assemblies.
The above primer link expands expajands on the abbreviations, and also contains introduction to this (and other) sheets within the overall [[History]]. There have been scores of branches with their own distinctive networks and strengths within the history of the PB, and many branches continue to flourish today, and while no assembly or gathering is identical to the others, each is thought to maintain a fervent desire for simplicity in gathering around the Lord Jesus, though practices and secondary doctrines may vary culturally and/or preferentially as autonomous (yet inter-dependent) local churches.
Assemblies are sorted geographically, and will, D.V., eventually have further history within. Red links on Brethrenpedia are presently undeveloped, and blue links contain data. Appreciate patience with our progress, and if you'd like to help, please contact any of the editing team, preferably via social media.
===Albany===
* [[Albany Gospel Hall, NY]] (OB) +1922-19551960+
** Albany Gospel Hall +1922-1936+; Albany Gospel Chapel 1941-1943+; Albany Gospel Hall +1947-1950+
** @ "Church in the House" +1922+ (new hall expected soon); 369 Washington Ave. +1926-1933+; 152 Western Ave. +1927-1936+; 13 Western Ave. +1941-19551959; 21 Tremont St. 1960+** c/o J.R. Gilda, 269 Western Ave. +1922+; Dr. George S. Munson @ 261 State St. +1926-1936+; Charles R. Hooker +1941-1943+; Robert Diggory @ 462 Washington Ave. +1947-1954; Jack Murphy @ 448 3rd St. 1955-1959+; John Murphy 1960+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/2efcdc7d2ca5479a43b1298f2b72b22fd8c6acce.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 15 in fellowship (7 men, 8 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $466 in expenses), and $1000 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
===Aurora===
* [[East Aurora Assembly, NY]] (OB) +1941-19551960+** @ 4 mi. south of East Aurora in the country+1941-1955; cor. Emery & Boies Rds. 1956-1960+** c/o H.B. Underhill +1941-1954; Charles A. Boies, Boise Rd., West Falls +1955-1960+
* [[East Aurora Evangel Hall, NY]] (OB) +1926-1954+
** East Aurora Evangel Hall +1926-1927+
** @ Odd Fellows building, Main St., East Aurora +1926+;
==Cortland County==
===Cortland===
* [[Cortland Gospel Chapel, NY]] (OB) +1936+; +1943-19551960+** Home Assemblies +1936+; +1943-1948+; Cortland Gospel Chapel 1950-19551960+** @ home of W.K. Corey, 20 Madison St. +1936+; home of A. Perry Bishop +1943-19501955; McLean Rd., betw. routes 13 & 281, nr. Munson corner 1956-1960+
*** 14 Wheeler Ave. +1943-1948+; 155 Central Ave. +1950+
** @ 20 Woodruff St., home. +1950-1955+
** c/o W.K. Corey +1936+; A. Perry Bishop +1943-19551959; W.K. Corey 1960+
==Herkimer County==
* [[Spanish Gospel Hall, Bronx, NYC]] (Spanish OB) +1955+
** @ 926 Southern Blvd.
** c/o Antonio Correa *** Antonio previously founded the Lexington Avenue Assembly in Merrick about 1947.
* [[Tremont Gospel Hall, NYC]] (OB) +1922-1927+
** c/o Arthur Warren Reid @ 2403 Grand Concourse
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/462a8958a0f372f624dece6e3da65006dfc89f1a.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 41 in fellowship (12 men, 28 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 35 children (for a total of 76 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,052.83 in expenses), and $236.13 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
** @ 1105 Bedford Ave., near Gates Ave.
* [[Bethany ChapelGospel Hall, Brooklyn, NYC]] (OB) +1904-19551960+** 13th Street Meeting Room +1904+; 13th Street Gospel Hall +1922-1927+; Bethany Chapel +1933-19551959; Bethany Gospel Hall 1960+** @ 316-13th St. +1904-1927+; 204 Fenimore St. +1933-19551959; 2220 Dean St. 1960+** c/o Scott Aspinall @ 488 7th St. +1922-1927+; Henry J. Meyer @ 1817 E. 27th St. & 236 N. Corona Ave., Valley Stream +1936-1955; James M. Halliday 1956-1959; Charles Noel 1960+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/7bd9585c41446a3fefbffc9569c0c0a03c936f8c.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 90 in fellowship (43 men, 47 women) including 7 S.S. teachers, presiding over 61 children (for a total of 151 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility, owned by W. Hawkins @ 221 Stratford Rd., Brooklyn (with $950.49 in annual expenses), and $2591.47 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
** see [https://www.brooklyngospelhall.com BGH's website]
* [[Brooklyn Italian Assembly, NYC]] (Italian OB) +1941-19551960+** @ 565 Sixth Ave., home of V. DeFilipps+1941-1959** c/o V. DeFilipps+1941-1959; Anthony DeMaio 1960+
* [[Brooklyn Italian Gospel Hall, NYC]] (Italian OB) +1922-1954
** c/o Jas. Carr @ 160 Walworth St. +1880+; E.G. Mauger @ 82 Fourth Pl. +1880+
* [[Brooklyn Spanish Gospel Hall, NYC]] (Spanish OB) +1941-19551960+** @ 1005 Flushing Ave. +1941-1955; 143 Evergreen Ave. 1956-1958; 145 Evergreen Ave. 1959-1960+** c/o Manuel Perez +1941-19551960+
*** @ 244 Seigel St. +1941+; 1061 Flushing Ave. +1943-1950+; 197 Hart St. +1951-1955+
*** This assembly shared their building with the Italian Gospel Hall in the latter's last four years (1950-1954).
* [[Capilla Evangelica, Brooklyn, NYC]] (Spanish OB) 1960+
** @ 495 Powell St.
** c/o Herminio Guzman
* [[Central Avenue Gospel Hall, NYC]] (OB) +1922-1936+
** @ 569 Dekalb Ave., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
* [[Good Tidings Gospel Hall, NYC]] (AA OB) +1943-19551960+
** possibly a merger between 3rd Ave. & Bethany GH's?
** @ 7-9 Sumter St.
** c/o J.B. Hunte +1947-19551960+
* [[Greenpoint Gospel Hall, NYC]] (OB) +1904+
===Nassau County===
====Hempstead====
* [[Dean Street Chapel, Freeport, NYC]] (OB) 1880-1960+; (Spanish & /English OB) 1880-+'''2025+'''
** Fireman's Hall +1922+; Grace Chapel +1926-1927+; West Dean Street Chapel +1936-1954; Dean Street Chapel 1955-current
** @ Fireman's Hall +1922+; 23 W. Dean St., Freeport +1926-current
*** Mary Johnson's father, Charles Boynton, was a Presbyterian pastor in Brooklyn before deciding that a "servant of God should take no salary", and offered to preach the gospel for free to his congregation, who would not accept it so he resigned and built a house on Main St., forming bricks from oyster cells and lime in an oven he built. As per his [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110065448/charles-freeman-boynton obit], he did most of his own carpentry work, and was regarded one of the best houses on Long Island. After retiring from pulpit work, he served overseas as an itinerant, including Bermuda, where he aided formerly incarcerated Boer War prisoners to return home. He was "possessed of a strong Christian character, generous and genial nature, and was highly esteemed.
*** Axel & Mary's children: Frederick, Herman, Paul S., Charles, Eleanor, Florence, Eldrida and Adelma Johnson, all of Freeport; also Clement of Manhattan.
** c/o A.S. Johnson @ 128 N. Main St. +1936-1941+; H.P. (Herman?) Johnson @ 128 N. Main St. +1943-19551960+
** New Hall was expected soon after 1922.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/73a9fff98b8191f42a54f02aeb7514efc90e1aae.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 38 in fellowship (18 men, 20 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 18 children (for a total of 56 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $10,000 with $1845 owed (with $771.79 in annual expenses), and $560.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
====Oyster Bay====
* [[Glen Head Gospel Meeting House, NYC]] (OB) +1936-19551960+
** @ Orchard St., nr. Glenwood Rd.
** c/o E.J. Dugan @ 369 Carpenter Ave., Sea Cliff +1936-1943+; Herman Lauber @ North Shore Acres, Glen Cove & 8 Central Dr. +1947-19551960+
* [[Sea Cliff Gospel Chapel, NYC]] (OB) +1904-'''2025+'''
====Corona====
* [[Galilee Gospel Chapel, NYC]] (AA OB) +1954-19551960+
** Corona Gospel Chapel +1954+
** @ 35-10 103rd St.
====Flushing====
* [[Hillcrest Gospel Chapel, NYC]] (OB) +1943-19551960+
** Flushing Gospel Center +1943+
** @ I.O.O.F. Hall, 136-19 39th Ave. +1943+; 158-46 77th Ave. +1947-1954+; 160th St. & 77th Ave. +1955-1960+** c/o H.E. Beatty @ 36-46 212th St., Bayside +1943-1954; Ross Naysmith @ 144-59 Barclay Ave. +1955-1958; Charles H. Laird 1959-1960+
====Hollis====
====Coram====
* [[Coram Meeting Room, NYC]] (TW-N EB) +1999+
====Islip====
* [[Central Islip Assembly, NYC]] (OB) 1960+
** c/o Edward B. Everett @ 225 Joseph Path
====Riverhead====
===Greenburgh===
* [[Irvington Gospel Center, NYC]] (OB) +1926-19551956+** Irvington Gospel Hall +1926-1927+; Irvington Gospel Center +1936-19551956+
** @ 6 North A St. +1926-1927+; 136 Broadway +1936+; 136 Main St. +1941-1947+; 7 N. Eckar St. +1948-1955+
** c/o Harold M. Payne @ 21 North D St., Irvington +1926-1927+; Samuel T. Mathews @ Ardsley, NY +1926-19551956+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/878d5970e478368e30af9d5311ab9d30e667e310.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 26 in fellowship (9 men, 17 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 25 children (for a total of 51 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $463 in annual expenses).
* [[Grace Chapel, Jamestown, NY]] (OB) 1951-2020
** @ 141 Beechwood Ave., home of Gunnard Lindberg +1951; 379 Buffalo St. 1951-2020
** c/o M.C. Allison @ 231 Clyde Ave. +1951-1954; Stafford R. Hall @ 18 1/2 Buffalo St. +1955; G.W. Lindberg 1956-1960+
===Sherman===
===Blasdell===
* [[Bethany Chapel, Blasdell, NY]] (OB) +1922-19551960+** @ 88 Arthur Ave. +1927-19551960+** c/o George J. Timm +1922-1927+; Raymond M. Stiebler +1936-1941+; Edwin A. Palmer @ Johnson & Marlowe +1943-19551960+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/73e24fc27f9bfa1dd431445093e962d5b163314a.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 35 in fellowship (11 men, 24 women) including 9 S.S. teachers, presiding over 140 children (for a total of 175 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $6,000 with no debt (with $800 in annual expenses), and $158 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
===Buffalo===
* [[Berkshire Avenue Chapel, NY]] (OB) +1936-1960+
** Kensington Gospel Meeting +1936-1943+; Kensington Gospel Hall +1947-1950+; Berkshire Avenue Gospel Hall +1954-1958;
** @ 3296 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, NY +1936+; cor. Berkshire & Suffolk Sts. +1941-1960+
** c/o Dr. [[George Thomas Lord]] +1936+; Clarence Bunce @ 680 Minneapolis Ave. +1941-1943+; Roland M. Walker @ 475 Washington Hwy., Snyder +1947-1959; H. James Thompson 1960+
* [[Buffalo Gospel Hall, NY]] (OB) +1927-1948+
** @ 1427 Filmore Ave., 3 doors from Glenwood +1927+; cor. 19th & W. Ferry St. +1936+; 1160 West Ave. (at Delavan Ave.) +1941-1948+
** c/o T.T. Fryer @ 666 Oak St. +1880+; J. Morton @ 249 S. Division St. +1880+
* [[Elmwood Gospel Chapel, NY]] (OB) +1890-19551960+
** Elmwood Avenue Gospel Hall +1897-1950+; Buffalo Assembly Hall +1933-1950+;
** @ 111 Elmwood Ave. +1897-19551960+** c/o Edward Fairbairn, 529 Ashmead Ave. +1922+; F.R. Sacher @ 228 Wardman Rd. +1927+; Alvin J. Sauer @ 76 North End Ave., Kenmore +1936-1943+; David R. Ednie +1947-1948+; Alvin J. Sauer +1950-19551956+; Charles A. Parsons +1958-1960+
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one open assembly in Erie Co., with 25 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 100.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/10f2c71349d1e00d4b56683c45de7dd810775e7e.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 180 in fellowship (65 men, 115 women) including 24 S.S. teachers, presiding over 200 children (for a total of 380 in 1926). The Hall had an assessed value of $33,000, with $10,000 on the first mortgage (with $6,594 in annual expenses), and $1,457.60 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work overseas in 1926.
** Dr. [[George Thomas Lord]] was in fellowship with this assembly +1947.
* [[Berkshire Avenue Ferry Street Gospel Hall, NY]] (OB) +1936-1955+** Kensington Gospel Meeting +1936-1943+; Kensington Gospel Hall +1947-1950+** @ 3296 Bailey Ave.Mission, Buffalo, NY +1936+; cor. Berkshire & Suffolk Sts. +1941-1955+** c/o Dr. [[George Thomas Lord]] +1936+; Clarence Bunce @ 680 Minneapolis Ave. +1941-1943+; Roland M. Walker @ 475 Washington Hwy., Snyder +1947-1955+
===Depew===