Brookfield Gospel Hall, CT
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Rocco Cappiello was raised in Danbury, Connecticut, and was saved at Gospel meetings in New Jersey, and returned around 1926-1927 to Danbury to reside, and did tent meetings with Louis Rosanio & Cesar Patrizio in that area, sponsored by the Waterville assembly, which birthed an Italian open brethren assembly known then as Danbury Gospel Hall in 1928, initially renting storefronts.
One of the first to be saved at those meetings was Alexander Pizzo, who served as a correspondent from the mid-1930's thru the mid-1970's. In the late 1960's, the assembly moved to Brookfield, and gradually phased out of Italian to become an English-speaking assembly, that continues today.
Locations
- 10 1/2 Maple Ave. +1936+
- 253 Main St. +1941-1947
- 203 Main St. 1948-1964
- Masonic Hall, 337 Main St. 1965-1968
- 23 S. Main St. (?) 1969
- 23 South Ave., Danbury (?) 1970-1974
- 164 Pocono Rd. 1975-present
Correspondents
- Alexander Pizzo @ Danbury +1936-1974
- cousin of Rocco Cappiello
- Jack McGrath @ Northville, New Milford 1975-2006
- Jim Batterton, Jr. @ Cornwall Bridge 2007-2020
- Jim Batterton III 2020-present
Alumni
Also See
- https://brookfieldgospelhall.org/ BGH's website
Sources
- OB AAB's 1936-present
- Sheila Silvernail 2-6-2023
