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Congregational Church of South Butler
| Historic Site #: | 02-016 (Exists) Type: E1,F2,F3,L | Town: | Butler | ||
| Site Name: | Congregational Church of South Butler | GPS Coordinates: | 43.131667, -76.76754 | ||
| Address: | South Butler Road | ||||
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| Sign now at Church Museum, by Loreen Jorgensen |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| Organized as a Presbyterian Church in 1831, the congregation built a church in 1836. It changed to Congregational ties in 1841 and appointed Samuel R. Ward as their pastor, a black minister for a a white congregation. In 1853, the congregation called Antoinette Brown as their pastor, the first woman pastor in New York State. The church disbanded in 1858 and the building is now a private dwelling. | |||||