Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 52 of 85
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Lawn Swings
2 Passenger $5.75............Up
4 Passenger............$6 75 Up
Iron
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O Every
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58.00 Up
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55.00 Up
Upholstered Davenports
$16.50 Up-
Buffet and Sideboards
Buffets......$15 75 Up
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Stoves and Ranges
Cook Stoves.......$5.75 Up
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be classed among the most artistic
architectural designs in the city. Rev.
J. S. Murphy, the present rector, has
conserved and added until this parish
almost rivals that of the cathedral in
numbers and Influence.
The first Sacred Heart church, which
stood on the northwest corner of
Broadway and Thirteenth street, was
P erected by the Jesuit order and dedi-
cated on Jan. 17, 1892. Tt was a mag-
nificent specimen of Romanesque arch-
itecture and when dedicated was said
to contain the largest church audi-
torium in the state. The destruction
of this magnificent building by the
1900 storm was to this congregation a
staggerinig blow, but it merely served
to show the spirit of the people of
the Jesuit parish. In June. 1903. gangs
of men were set to work cleaning the
brick of the destroyed ohu*reh and the
tame year the foundation of the hand-
some edif'ce now occupying the corner
of Fourteenth and Broadway was laid.
This church edifice is one of the sights
of the city; it was designed and the
building supervised by a member of
the order of Jesuits and. diverging as
it does from prevailing tvpes of church
architecture, its appearance is both
novel and vet in keeping with the cli-
mate of this section. Tt is of Moorish
design and so artistically is the whole
Idea made to coform in the construc-
tion of the building that were it not
for the modern and 'Western sur-
roundings one could easily imagine
himself to be in Constantinople or
some one or the persian cities tfhile
gazing upon the most perfect repro-
duction of the, prominent features of
the Eastern architecture, transported
to Occidental environment and occupy-
ing one of the prominent corners of an
American city.
Baptists.
At the back of the pulpit In the
wall of the First Baptist church, at
the corner of Twenty-second street
and Avenue I, is a massive bronze tab-
let on which is inscribed: "In loving
memory of Rev. James Huckins, 1307-
Mfft FSsat Baptist Missionary to Tex-
as—founder and first pastor of this
church, January 30, 1840—and of Rhoda
Carver Barton, his wife, 1808-1875."
And this tablet tells of the beginning
of the Baptist church in Galveston.
The First Baptist church of Galves-
ton was organized January 30, 1840,
at the residence of Mr. Thomas H.
Borden, under the direction of Rev.
James Huckins and he served the
church as its pastor for eight years.
A private residence was used for the
meeting place of the congregation
until 1847, when a large frame struc-
ture was erected on the same piece of
ground now occupied by the beautiful
brick stucco ^edifice which occupies
the foundation laid for the church de-
molished during the 1900 storm.
The First Baptist church has had
an up and down history. Under a
number of earnest preachers who fol-
lowed Rev. Huckins, the church grew
in numerical strength. In 1853 Rev.
Huckins was called again to serve this
church and was its' pastor from that
year until 1860. In 1861, during the
war between the states, the church did
not hold regular services and was
closed a part of the time, but In 1866
the church called Rev. William How-
ard as its pastor and during the twelve
years he was with the church it pros-
pered greatly.
It was during the month of May,
1902, when the foundation was laid for
the present handsome structure used
by the First Baptist congregation, as
its house of worship, and on May 18,
1903, the building was dedicated. Up
to 1900 there was a second Baptist
church located in the western part of
the city and when the new church
building was dedicated in 1903 the
second congregation united with the
parent church. On May 26, 1911, at a
me tinig held in a tent on the corner
of Broadway and Thirty-fifth street,
a new church was organized to be
known as the Broadway Baptist
church, many of the old members of
the Second church uniting with a num-
ber of the new people in making the
congregation. A splendidly located lot
has been purchased and in a few
mbnths it is expected that the work
of erecting a handsome brick building
will be begun. The Baptists are a
strong denomination and are aggres-
sive and enterprising in their work.
Two American missions and one Italian
mission Sunday schools are being
maintained by the efforts of the First
and the Broadway Baptists congrega-
tions.
Christians,
The Central Christian church, locat-
ed on the southwestern corner of Ave-
nue K and Twentieth street, >'s one
of the aggressive congregations of the
city. The church edifice is a pretty
building constructed of brick with
stone trimming and is adequately
equipped for the work it is doing.
German Churches.
A number of churches for German
speaking people are maintained in Gal-
veston, probably the largest being the
First German Evangelical Lutheran,
located on the southwest corner of
Winnie and Twenty-fourth streets. The
history of this church dates back to
the early days of Galveston and even
with the falling off in the number of
people from the Fatherland making
their home in this city, this church has
continued to grow and prosper. It will
be remembered that Galveston was
largely settled by German people who
came here from 1839 to 1S60. The
children of these people still main-
tain the language of the parents and
have grown up in the church, bring-
ing up their children in the same faith.
At one time the German Lutheran com
gregation was the largest in the city,
and the aid society composed of the
women of this church was the most
prominent society of its kind in Gal-
veston. not limiting its field of opera-
tion to the membership of this church
alone, but looking after the needs of
the poverty-stricken and helpless of
all denominations or those without
any church affiliation whatever.
The German Catholic congregation
owns a pretty, modest looking house of
worship located on the northwest cor-
ner of Twenty-second street and Ave-
nue K. This is known as St. Josephs
church. For years those at the head
of this congregation have been gath-
ering sacred objects of art until to-
day St. Josephs church probably con-
tains more specimens of statuary and
! other objects of ecclesiastical art than
any other church in the city. St. Jo-
sephs is one of the oldest churches in
the state among the German speaking
people.
Galveston’s German citizenship be-
longing to other denominations is
looked after by the German Evangeli-
cal association, having a church build-
ing on tlie northeast corner of Avenue
H and Nineteenth street. Meyers Mem-
orial Methodist church,, located on Sev-
enteenth street and Avenue M% is
the center of the German speaking
Methodists.
Jewish Congregations.
Temple B'nai Israel, a brick stucco
edifice, faces Twenty-second street at
the corner of Avenue I, beinig directly
across the street from the First Bap-
tist' church. In this building those#of
the Jewish faith meet for worship. The
auditorium proper is on the second
floor, the basement being used for
Sabbath school and society meetings; a
large and representative congregation
have their church home here and the
different societies connected with this
synagogue are doing an inestimable
amount of charity work, not restricted
to those of the Jewish faith.
Congregation B’nai Israel was or-
ganized in 1868 and In 1870 the temple
was completed. It was during this
same year that the organization was
chartered. Since its completion the
building has been twice enlarged to
accommodate the rapidly increasing
congregation. Four rabbis have served
this congregation: Rabbi Alexander
Rosenspitz, from 1S68 to 1871; Abraham
Blum, from 1S71 to 1885; Joseph Silver-
man, from 1S85 to 1S8S, and the pres-
ent rabbi, Henry Cohen, from that
year up to the present time. In 1900
Mrs. H. Kempner presented the con-
gregation with its present rabbinage,
1920 Broadway, which has been the
home of the rabbi since that year.
Some of the best music to be heard in
Galveston is to be enjoyed in this edi-
fice and what is known as "The Tem-
ple Quartet” has attained more than
local reputation. The Orthodox Syna-
gogue, another Jewish place of wor-
ship, is located on Avenue I between
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh
streets.
Other Congregations.
The Orthodox Greeks of the city
worship at their neat little church lo-
cated Ion Avenue L between Forty-first
and Forty-second streets. Among those
of other nationality who have churches
in Galveston may be mentioned the
Norwegian Lutherans, worshipping at
the northwest corner of Market and
Fourteenth streets; the Swedish Lu-
theran, at the corner of Eighteenth
and Market streets, and the Scandi-
navian Methodists, corner of Seven-
teenth and Mechanic.
The Salvation Army has maintained
a post in this city for many years,
and is doing a splendid work. The
Christian Scientists church, located on
the southwest corner of Twenty-second
street and Avenue H, has a small but
earnest congregation, holding regular
services on Sundays and Wednesdays.
The Galveston Spiritualist society
owns a brick building at the corner
of Postoffice and Fourteenth streets,
where regular services are held. The
German-American Spiritualist society
has a membership of about thirty,
meeting at 3513 Avenue N%.
The colored people of Galveston are
as well provided for houses of wor-
ship as are the white people, although
not so costly nor of such lasting ma-
terial. Almost every denomination has
its one or more churches, the Bap-
tists probably being the more numer-
ous. The colored Catholic congrega-
tion are operating an industrial school
in connection with the church, and all
of the churches are well provided with
societies lookinig after the material
and spiritual welfare of their mem-
bership.
In stating that Galveston has a
church for every 800 of its popu-
lation it signifies that whosoever
chooses to make his home in this com-
munity may do so with the full
assurance that here can be found
schools that rank with the best in
the land and that opportunity for wor-
ship is ample, no mater what may be
the religious iinclinations of the indi-
vidual. Galveston does not lay claim
to being a city of churches, but the
claim is made that here can be found,
located at convenient places, a church
for every person whp cares to attend
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W. A- JOHNSON.
R. WILBUR GOODMAN
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Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871897/m1/52/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting San Jacinto Museum of History.