Founded on the eve of the Civil War by abolitionist families in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (LAPC) has been a force for social change for more than 160 years. Its Romanesque Revival-style building, which features a...
The First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Connecticut, hosted an evening concert—in partnership with the Highland Green Foundation—to celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Glass House, a historic site in neighboring New Canaan, in October 2024. The Glass House was...
The National Fund for Sacred Places, a program of Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is pleased to announce its 2024 grantees. Twenty-four historically significant faith communities have been admitted into...
Despite its spectacular collection of Modernist architecture, Columbus, Indiana, has a surprising dearth of architects. Louis Joyner is one of just a handful of architects currently based in this small city of about 50,000 residents. So, when First Christian...
In 2016, the First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia marked its 240th anniversary. The church was established for free and enslaved African Americans by Reverend Moses, a free Black itinerant preacher, and later led by Gowan Pamphlet, an enslaved man who served...