Historical December 1988 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Dear Mr. Breun: Your article about St. Charles Street in the October issue of The Times interested me very much. I find it hard to believe that there was a large area just west of the new Courthouse in the 1840s.
The new Christ Episcopal Church was built in 1839 at the SW corner of Broadway & Chestnut.
The Presbyterian Church was another block south.
The neighborhood was a fashionable one at the time, although by 1857 it has become quite commercial and Christ Church began its move to 13th and Locust in 1859. Your story about the “necessaries!’ in the Courthouse basement is an intriguing one and probably true. What are our sources for this account? Shortly after its construction Christ Church was used also for a few years by the Lutherans who had arrived from Saxony and needed a place for worship.
They were denied the use of the only other German-speaking church because of theological differences! So. Christ Episcopal Church began its long history of ecumenical relationships. Thank you for keeping history alive. Cordially yours, Charles F. Rehkopf Registrar of the Diocese
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, December 1988.
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