Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims

USA / New Jersey / Hoboken / Orange Street, 57
 church, protestantism, Congregational church, interesting place, underground station, 1840s construction, U.S. National Historic Landmark
Protestant Congregational Christian Church founded in 1847 as Plymouth Church and built in 1849 from designs by J.C. Wells. This Congregational Church became a Center of anti-slavery sentiment preceding the Civil War. Henry Ward Beecher was its First Minister. 1847-1887. Abraham Lincoln worshiped here twice in 1860. The church was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966.

Behind the pulpit and organ is an anonymous white door that leads to a narrow secret staircase. Underneath the church is a system of chambers and tunnels, that is said to be the hiding place for escaping slaves as part of the underground railroad.

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Coordinates:   40°41'57"N   73°59'35"W
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