Plymouth Church
Historic site · Brooklyn Heights, New York
The church founded with the abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher as its first pastor, whose basement is documented as a passage point on the Underground Railroad.
History
By the church's own account, Abraham Lincoln worshipped here and sat in pew 89, and Branch Rickey, a member of the congregation and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is tied to the club's decision to sign Jackie Robinson.
Visit
75 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Photo "Plymouth Church from Hicks Street": ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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