Once Upon A Time In Carroll Gardens: The South Congregational Church

(Picture credit: Brooklyn Public Library Archive)

South Congregational Church at 360 Court Street

The same church today minus the steeple

Dear Reader,
I hope that you don't mind me re-publishing this post. I wrote it back in 2007, but I am sure many of you have not seen it, unless you have looked through PMFA's archive. I wanted some of my newer readers to see these great old photos of one of our most recognizable churches. And it does have a Christmas theme....



Imagine you were standing at the corner of President and Court Street here in Carroll Gardens, right against the ball field fence of Carroll Park. Now imagine it's the early 1900's.
This is what you would have seen:
The South Congregational Church at 360 Court Street with a church steeple. The steeple has been gone gone for a very long time now and the church is no longer a place of worship, but a condo. Otherwise, not much seems to have changed at that location. Pretty neat, no?


But now look what else I found. A lovely picture from 1953 of a living crèche at the exact same church. recognize anybody from the neighborhood? The caption reads:

"Eight costumed children (four standing, 1 sitting, 3 kneeling) in Nativity scene. Caption: "Living Crèche--Every quarter of an hour this week pupils of South Congregational Church Sunday School will pose this nativity scene in the doorway of the church at Court and President Sts."

(Picture credit: Brooklyn Public Library Archive)

Living Nativity scene 1953 at the South Congregational Church

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