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  • Collection: Portsmouth Churches

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Color photo image of the Wesley United Methodist Church. It was built in 1907- known as Trinity Methodist Church. In 1983 the congregation merged with Bigelow Methodist becoming Wesley United Methodist Church. Location-west corner of Offnere & Gallia…

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Colorized photo image of St. Mary's Church. Location-500 Market Street. The church building was completed and dedicated, July 31, 1871. Well known for the matched set of three working tower bells. The bells were cast in Baltimore, Maryland by the…

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Colorized photo image of the Second Presbyterian Church located at 801 Waller Street. Original buildings, located at Eighth (8th) & Waller Streets, were dedicated in 1875 when the First Presbyterian Church needed expansion due to a growing…

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Colorized photo image of the Pleasant Green Baptist Church located at 421 Waller Street. The church was organized around the year 1865 by a small group of people from the Allen Chapel.

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Color photo image of the Greenlawn Cemetery Chapel. The Chapel was dedicated in 1884 and is located in Greenlawn Cemetery at Offnere & Grant Streets. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior,…

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Colorized photo image of the First Presbyterian Church. Location-221 Court Street, corner of 3rd (Third) & Court Streets. Dedicated for worship, 1851. The oldest church building in Portsmouth. In 1973 the church building was added to the National…

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Color photo image of the First Lutheran Church, located at 1501 Grandview Avenue.

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Color photo image of the First Apostolic Church located at 2502 Grandview Avenue. This Gothic Style building stands at Twenty-Fifth (25th) Street and Grandview Avenue. Built in 1956 of native sandstone from McDermott, it was originally known as the…

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Colorized photo image of the Evangelical United Church of Christ located at 701 Fifth (5th) Street. In 1852 the original congregation was composed of German Protestant immigrants. The church building was completed and dedicated in 1887.

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Colorized photo image of the Evangel Temple Assembly of God Church located at 802 Gay Street. The church was built and dedicated in 1925 as the B'Nai Abraham Jewish Temple. In 1975 the building was sold to the First Evangel Assembly of God.…

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Private residence.
Unknown address.

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Color photo of the First Church of God located at 1301 Coles Boulevard.
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