|
Woodrow Wilson |
Speaker |
Woodrow Wilson speak speaks at Congregational Church of Christ at Oberlin. |
|
|
|
|
Horace Greeley |
Speaker |
Horace Greeley speaks at Congregational Church of Christ at Oberlin. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carl Schurz speaks at Congregational Church of Christ at Oberlin. |
|
|
|
|
Frederick Douglass |
Speaker |
Frederick Douglass speaks at Congregational Church of Christ at Oberlin. |
|
|
|
|
Booker T Washington |
Speaker |
Booker T Washington speaks at Congregational Church of Christ at Oberlin. |
|
|
|
|
Henry George |
Speaker |
Henry George speaks at Congregational Church of Christ at Oberlin. |
|
|
|
| 1842/00/00 |
Charles Grandison Finney |
Pastor |
First Church is built 1843-44 from plans by New England architect Richard Bond, whom Charles Finney met while recruiting faculty in Boston. Finney wants circular seating, similar to his former NYC church and the old revival tent he used on Tappan Square. |
|
|
|
| 1842/00/00 |
Richard Bond |
Architect |
First Church is built 1843-44 from plans by New England architect Richard Bond, whom Charles Finney met while recruiting faculty in Boston. Finney wants circular seating, similar to his former NYC church and the old revival tent he used on Tappan Square. |
|
|
|
| 1844/00/00 |
|
|
Deacon Thomas P Turner, a Vermont-born craftsman, directs the construction. Most of the bricks come from a farm just south of town. Huge 75 ft long whitewood roof beams span the brick walls and pine rafters and shingles enclosed the meetinghouse. |
|
|
|
| 1845/00/00 |
Asher Benjamin |
Architect |
Taken from an Asher Benjamin pattern book, the Congregational Church of Christ at Oberlin tower is erected. |
|
|
|
| 1852/00/00 |
John Parker Hale |
Speaker |
John P Hale, Free-Soil candidate for president, visits Oberlin, opening the house for political and secular meetings. |
|
|
|
| 1860/00/00 |
Charles Grandison Finney |
Pastor |
Finney serves for 37 years as pastor to the congregation, which by 1860 was the largest in the United States. |
|
|
|
| 1864/11/16 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Speaker |
if you can it practicable for me to reach Oberlin on the following evening (21 January) in proper time, and if that date is open and agreeable to you, I shall be ready to come to you then, otherwise will the 23d serve you? Ralph Waldo Emerson |
|
|
|
| 1885/02/11 |
Mark Twain |
Presenter |
The Union Library Association host Samuel Clemens and George Cable at First Congregational. Clemens reads "King Solomon" from 'Huckleberry Finn', "The Tragic Tale of a Fishwife" from 'A Tramp Abroad', "A Trying Situation" and other shorter items. |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (book) |
|
|
| 1885/02/11 |
Mark Twain |
Presenter |
The Union Library Association host Samuel Clemens and George Cable at First Congregational. Clemens reads "King Solomon" from 'Huckleberry Finn', "The Tragic Tale of a Fishwife" from 'A Tramp Abroad', "A Trying Situation" and other shorter items. |
A Tramp Abroad |
|
|
| 1885/02/11 |
George Washington Cable |
Entertainer |
The Union Library Association of Oberlin, Ohio, presents readings by Samuel L Clemens and George W Cable as the third number of its annual lecture series. Cable performs four readings from his novel, Dr Sevier. |
|
|
|
| 1892/00/00 |
|
|
Thick Doric columns supporting the balcony at the Congregational Church of Christ are replaced by the present iron posts. |
|
|
|