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22797
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Formerly located at the intersection of First and Greene streets in Greenville, this church has had a very important history. Begun in the winter of 1865, with 22 members, it was first known as the "African Baptist Church" until the early 1880s. Then known as “Sycamore Hill Baptist Church,” Sam Perry was its first minister followed by Austin Flood. A stately brick church building was built in 1916 and dedicated in July 1917. The Rev. Dr. J. A. Nimmo served as pastor from 1928 to 1961. In Oct. 1965 the church celebrated its 100th year anniversary with two weeks of special services. The Church was forced to be sold to the Redevelopment Commission and in 1968 they bought and moved to the former Eighth Street Christian Church. Tragically, in February 1969 some evil-minded person fire bombed the old brick church building and Greenville lost forever another gem of its architectural history.
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22813
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Greenville was a mission point for Presbyterians as early as 1877. Rev. J.R.H. Summerell began holding Presbyterian services in the Methodist and Baptist churches and Opera House. The First Presbyterian Church was founded on May 11, 1891 with seven charter members. The first Presbyterian Church building was built on Dickinson Ave. in 1895 and was dedicated in 1897, when all debts were paid off. However, this congregation outgrew the first location so a large new brick church was constructed on Pitt and Fifth streets in 1927. After years of continual growth, this church was too small, and in 1961, construction began on the church located on Fourteenth and Elm streets.
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22839
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Rising out of oppression and segregation, African American community leaders in Greenville decided to form their own church. St. Gabriel's resulted from those dreams. Started by Father Charles J. Gable and Father Maurice Tew, this church opened its doors on March 1, 1936. Continuing to fight oppression and Jim Crow, the parish operated a mission to educate black children from 1956 until 1965.
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22840
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There were Catholic congregations in Washington, NC as early as 1824 and even earlier in New Bern. The earliest reference to Catholics in Greenville goes back to 1828. A Catholic priest preached to a large audience in the Greenville Academy in 1829. Some of the early Catholic families in Greenville included the Dr. Jesse Randolph family and the Thomas Hanrahan's family. In 1868, Bishop James Gibbons (later Cardinal) came through Greenville and preached at the Greenville Methodist Church. Some of the Catholics in Greenville after 1870 include the Dr. Charles O'Hagan Laughinghouse family, the Foley family, the Latham family, the Skinner family, and the Grimes family.
As early as 1884, the first parish, St. Peter's, was established in Greenville and the old Episcopal Church was purchased and moved to Second Street. A new St. Peter's Catholic Church was built in 1927 on Second Street. St. Peter's dedicated a new church on March 31, 1991.
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22874
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A landmark of Greenville's religious history, the Memorial Baptist Church has served its members for over one hundred and fifty years. This church was constituted on July 2, 1827. By October of 1827, it had twenty-three members. The church started the Baptist Benevolent Society to raise money for traveling ministers. Thomas D. Mason was this church's first pastor. The church experienced sporadic, irregular growth throughout the 1850s. Later, the Reverend Thomas Carrick became the church's pastor. He helped to construct a new church on Greene Street (the church that residents refer to as the Old Memorial Baptist Church). It was dedicated on October 12, 1890. This building was demolished as a new one was completed in 1973 on Greenville Boulevard.
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22999
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The Memorial Baptist Church, a landmark in Greenville's religious history, has served its members for over 150 years. This church, constituted on July 2, 1827, had 23 members in October 1827. Thomas D. Mason, the church's first pastor, established the Baptist Benevolent Society to raise money for traveling ministers. Reverend Thomas Carrick helped construct a new church on Greene Street, dedicated on October 12, 1890 and demolished after the completion of another new church on Greenville Boulevard in 1973.
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23003
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The author gives a history of the Universalist faith back to 1827 in North Carolina and the various services held in Pitt County from the 1850s to the 1890s. In 1905, Mrs. Delphia Moye (1857-1905) bought a lot on Dickinson Avenue and built a Universalist Church. Her funeral was the first service held in the church. The church went down by the 1920’s and in 1922 the congregation of the Great Swamp Primitive Baptist Church was holding services in the old church. In 1931, the Universalist Church building was donated to the Salvation Army and the building appears to have been razed by 1950.
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23423
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Christian Science is a religion that believes in the healing principles used and taught by Jesus, and later by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866. By studying the Bible, Mrs. Eddy discovered how to implement and teach Jesus' method of healing. Mrs. Eddy founded the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston in 1879. The Greenville Christian Scientist Society first met in 1889, supported by an unknown music student visiting Greenville from Boston. The Society met in homes until it grew too large, and by 1934 they held meetings in Pythian Hall. The Mother Church of Christian Science recognized the Greenville branch in March 1934. The Society bought the church building of the Universalists and held their first meeting there in 1937, finally building their own church in June 1951, on the corner of Fourth and Meade Streets. They held the first service there in June 1952.
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23696
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The old Great Swamp Primitive Baptist Church, at the northeast corner of Forbes and Tenth Streets, flew prey to the wrecking ball in May 2011 as a part of East Carolina University's future expansion. The church building was built in 1922 and anchored the once thriving neighborhood that surrounded Forbes Street. The Great Swamp Primitive Baptist Church was originally formed in 1795 about four miles north of the river at House Station. In 1921, Great Swamp Primitive Baptist Church congregation decided to move to Greenville and built their new church building on the corner of Forbes and Tenth Streets. The congregation ended in 1980 and from the 1990’s to after 2005 the church building was used by the Full Gospel Christian Church. When ECU took down the church building, the beautiful stained glass windows were put into storage.
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