Beverly Unitarian Church Explained
Beverly Unitarian Church is a Unitarian Universalist ("UU") church in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
History
The church formed in 1951 by the merger of two congregations: the Beverly Unitarian Fellowship, which had begun in 1941, and the People's Liberal Church founded in 1878.[2] People's Liberal Church was known by a variety of names over the years: In 1878 it was called the Unitarian Universalist Christian Union Society of Englewood, or simply the Christian Union Society; in 1880 on moving to a new building, it was named First Universalist Church of Englewood; in 1889 it moved to a larger building and was called Stewart Avenue Universalist Church.[3]
Beverly Unitarian Church purchased the Givins Irish Castle building for $14,000 and has used it since 1942.[4]
Ministers
People's Church prior to merger
- 1878-1892 - Rev. Florence E. Kollock (at the People's Liberal Church of Chicago, then called alternately The Christian Union, and The First Universalist Society of Englewood)
- 1892-1936 - Rev. Rufus Austin White (at The People's Liberal Church of Chicago)[5]
- 1939-1944 - Donald S. Harrington (at The People's Liberal Church of Chicago, and 1942–1944 at Beverly Unitarian Fellowship as well)
- Robert S. Hoagland
- Willim D. Hammond
- Hartley C. Ray
Beverly Unitarian Society prior to merger
- 1941-1942 - Lon Ray Call
- 1947-1950 - William Hammond
- 1946-19xx - Helgi I. S. Borgford
After merger
- 1950-1953 - Hartley Cabot Ray
- 1954-1963 Vincent Silliman[8]
- 1964-1970 Hunter Leggit, Jr.
- 1970-1971 John Lester Young (interim)
- 1971-1979 Robert L. Schaibly
- 1980-1991 Roger Brewin
- 1992-1993 Thomas Payne (interim)
- 1994-2003 Leonette Bugleisi
- 2003-2005 Jim Hobart (interim)
- 2005-2008 Karen Matteson
- 2008-2009 Ana Levy-Lyons
- 2009-2014 Neil Shadle
- 20XX-2014 Nan Hobart
- 2014-2016 Karen Mooney
- 2016-2017 John Smith
- 2017–2021 David Schwartz
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Chicago's Only Castle's BIG Problem - Daily Southtown . . 2017-11-01 . 2017-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025858/http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/community/chi-ugc-article-chicagos-only-castles-big-problem-2017-05-22-story.html . dead .
- Web site: Documentary puts Castle, church in focus. The Beverly Review. 26 May 2010 .
- Web site: Florence Ellen Kollock Crooker. uudb.org.
- Web site: You Won't Find Casper, but City's Only Castle a Haunting Experience - tribunedigital-chicagotribune . 2017-11-01 . 2017-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107083806/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-06-09/news/9506090065_1_haunted-legend-young-girl . dead .
- Web site: Rufus Austin White. uudb.org.
- The A to Z of Unitarian Universalism, p 328
- Web site: UU Ministers Association . 2017-11-01 . 2017-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003835/http://www.uuma.org/blogpost/569858/153512/In-Memory-of----Jack-Mendelsohn-1918-2012 . dead .
- Web site: Vincent Brown Silliman. uudb.org.
