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A service of worship at the tabernacle of a camp meeting of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection, held at Wesleyan Methodist Camp in Stoneboro, Pennsylvania.. The camp meeting is a form of Protestant Christian religious service originating in England and Scotland as an evangelical event in association with the communion season.
A third, larger auditorium was built in 1880. As Ocean Grove drew more and more visitors, the facilities were outgrown, and construction of the present Great Auditorium was completed in 1894. Originally designed to accommodate crowds of as many as 10,000 people, the subsequent installation of theater-style cushioned seating in many sections reduced seati
The building remained empty up until 1994 when the Ocean Grove Historic Preservation Society led by Herbert Herbst and formed for the sole purpose of saving the building bought the building from the Board of Education for $1. The building was sound, but it was badly deteriorated. The ceiling of the auditorium was lying on the floor.
Neptune was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 26, 1879, from portions of Ocean Township.Portions of the township were taken to form Neptune City (October 4, 1881), Bradley Beach (March 13, 1893) and Ocean Grove (April 5, 1920, until the action was found unconstitutional and restored to Neptune Township as of June 16, 1921).
Tabernacle Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census , the township's population was 6,776, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] a decrease of 173 (−2.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,949, [ 19 ] [ 20 ] which in turn reflected a decline of 221 (−3.1%) from the 7,170 counted in the 2000 ...
The Temple is a historic octagon-shaped Baptist church building on Temple Avenue in the Ocean Park area of Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Built in 1881, it is the centerpiece of the summer camp meeting established in 1880 by Free Will Baptists led by Bates College President Oren Cheney. It is the only known octagonal religious structure in use in ...
Local news. OCEAN GROVE — Miss Anna Todd was the victim of a daring holdup on these streets about 11 o’clock last night, but owing to her coolness and bravery under the trying circumstances ...
The Bay View Association of the United Methodist Church, known as Bay View, is an example of two uniquely American community forms: the Methodist camp meeting and the independent Chautauqua.