"New Baptist Temple, Rochester, N. Y."
Dated about 1923
No manufacturer
Number: A-100824
Text front:
THE NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE
and OFFICE BUILDING
(now under construction)
CLINTON WUNDER, Minister
"In the Heart of Rochester" (N.Y.)
Text back:
(Organized 1834)
THE BAPTIST TEMPLE
and TEMPLE BUILDING
"In the Heart of Rochester" (N. Y.)
CLINTON WUNDER, Minister
The new Temple, now being erected at North
and Franklin Streets, inclusive of site will be
valued at $2,750,000. Fourteen stories high, it
will contain an office building, retail stores, the
latest in church equipment for recreation, religious
education, community service, and worship. A
Hook and Hastings organ, specially designed and
the largest and most complete church instrument
in this section is now under construction. The
congregation this year is giving $100,000 to
current expenses, benevolences and the building
fund.
The Temple is a church of, for and by the
People who "heard Jesus gladly." 100,000
people attended services last year.
When in Rochester, worship with us. We
meet in the Lyceum Theatre until the greater
Temple is completed. Temporary staff offices,
are maintained at 66 North Street.
Architects for the new Temple, Gordon &
Kaelber and Carl R. Traver, Rochester, N. Y..
Contractors, Thompson-Starret Company, New York
City.
