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28-529: Fort Washington Collegiate Church is a Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church located at Magaw Place and 181st Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City . The congregation's Country Gothic style building was designed by the architecture firm Nelson & Van Wagenen , and constructed in 1908–9 as an outreach of the West End Collegiate Church , at

56-530: A mission relating to his church. The people of New Amsterdam mourned for their minister, but there was little sorrow felt for the Governor who had plunged the colony in war by his obstinate and cruel temper." Prominent members of that family included James Bogardus , who pioneered in the construction of cast-iron buildings during the 1840s. Bogardus Place is located in the Washington Heights section of New York City borough of Manhattan ( ZIP code 10040). It

84-447: A small amount, as did other colonists, but there was not enough. Fortunately, just at this time, a daughter of Bogardus , the minister, was married. At the wedding, when the guests were in good humor, a subscription-list was handed out. The guests tried to outdo one another in subscribing money for the new church. Next day some of the subscribers were sorry they had agreed to give so much, but the Governor accepted no excuses and insisted on

112-430: A solid fort ... called Fort Amsterdam . It was surrounded by cedar palisades, and was large enough to shelter all the people of the little colony in case of danger. Inside this fort there was a house for the Governor, and outside the walls was a warehouse for furs, and a mill which was run by horse-power, with a large room on the second floor to be used as a church." The congregation's first church building, built on what

140-745: A time when the area was a suburb of New York City. It became a full member of the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in 1916, along with the Marble , Middle and West End Collegiate Churches. Ft. Washington Collegiate incorporates the congregation of the Hamilton Grange Reformed Church and former members of the Harlem Reformed Dutch Church. The church carried out a major renovation and expansion of its buildings beginning in 2013. A. J. Muste

168-602: Is a Dutch Reformed congregation in Manhattan , New York City , which has had a variety of church buildings and now exists in the form of four component bodies: the Marble , Middle , West End and Fort Washington Collegiate Church , all part of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Churches of New York. The original congregation was established in 1628. Peter Minuit "had Kryn Frederick , the Company's engineer, build

196-522: Is now Pearl Street in New York City facing the East River , to replace services held in lofts, was a simple timber structure with a gambrel roof and no spire. The lofts described probably indicate the premises provided by Kryn Frederick. Other sources claim a "second church" was built was located just outside the fort. In those sources, this claimed as the church that Governor Van Twiller built, which

224-680: The Dutch West India Company colony, going up against the often-drunk Wouter van Twiller and famously denouncing Willem Kieft from the pulpit during the colony's disastrously bloody Kieft's War (1643–1645). He stepped up his denouncements when Kieft tried to place a tax on beer. Bogardus died September 27, 1647, in the Princess Amelia shipwreck near Swansea, Wales , while en route to Amsterdam along with many of his congregants as well as his opponent Willem Kieft, himself. Popular sources describe Bogardus... "on his way to Holland on

252-689: The East Village/Lower East Side Historic District , created in October 2012. It housed the New York Liberty Bell. A fire in December 2020 significantly damaged the facility. The West End Collegiate Church, located at the northeast corner of West End Avenue and West 77th Street was built 1891-92, to the design of Robert W. Gibson. The Fort Washington Collegiate Church at 470 Fort Washington Avenue began as an outreach of

280-506: The English, the structure was reused as a military garrison church for the Anglican faith. The church that Walter Van Twiller had built was little better than a barn. The minister wanted a new one, and so did his congregation. Governor Kieft decided that there should be one of stone, and that it should be built inside the fort. There was a question as how to secure the money to build it. Kieft gave

308-502: The States General to be presented to Petrus Stuyvesant on March 8, 1649. As Burton describes the confrontation: Melyn appeared at this meeting and demanded that Their High Mightinesses' Letter and the mandamus be read and explained to the people. In the midst of considerable excitement, Melyn handed the mandamus to Arnoldus van Hardenbergh to be read aloud. Stuyvesant in a rage snatched the mandamus from van Hardenbergh's hands, and in

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336-645: The United Provinces of the Netherlands," to minister to the spiritual needs of the colony at New Amsterdam. Bogardus arrived in New Netherland in 1633, sailing from Amsterdam on the ship "Zoutberg". When it became known that Kiliaen van Rensselaer planned to erect a church upriver at Rensselaerswyck , Governor Kieft hastened his plans to rebuild the church in Fort Amsterdam . A humorous anecdote about

364-729: The West End Collegiate Church. The church was built in 1908-09 and was designed by the firm of Nelson & Van Wagenen in the Country Gothic style . In 1916, it became a full member of the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, along with the Marble, Middle and West End Collegiate Churches. It incorporates the congregation of the Hamilton Grange Reformed Church and former members of the Harlem Reformed Dutch Church. Notes Bibliography Everardus Bogardus Everardus Bogardus (27 July 1607 – 27 September 1647)

392-402: The building of this church contends that Governor Kieft decided that there should be [a new church] of stone, and that it should be built inside the fort. There was a question as how to secure the money to build it. Kieft gave a small amount, as did other colonists, but there was not enough. Fortunately, just at this time, a daughter of Bogardus, the minister, was married. At the wedding, when

420-531: The church received the name "Marble" in 1906, after its facade made of Tuckahoe marble . The pastor for many years was Norman Vincent Peale , well known for his book The Power of Positive Thinking . The St. Nicholas Collegiate Church at 600 Fifth Avenue at 48th Street was built in 1869-72, designed by W. Wheeler Smith in the Gothic Revival style , which critic Montgomery Schuyler called "Gothic gone roaring mad". Before being named after St. Nicholas, it

448-497: The confusion the seal was torn off. Melyn then offered Stuyvesant a copy of the mandamus, whereupon the latter was induced by some of the bystanders to return the original, which was read, including of course the summons commanding Stuyvesant to enter appearance without delay at the Hague to defend the judgment. Stuyvesant replied: "I honor the States General, and their commission and will obey their commands, and will send an agent to maintain

476-480: The guests were in good humor, a subscription-list was handed out. The guests tried to outdo one another in subscribing money for the new church. Next day some of the subscribers were sorry they had agreed to give so much, but the Governor accepted no excuses and insisted on the money. It was collected, and the church was built. Bogardus frequently was combative with the Directors of New Netherland and their management of

504-566: The judgment as it was well and legally pronounced." Melyn demanded a written reply, but this neither Stuyvesant nor his Secretary would give. The Garden Street Church, located on what is now Exchange Place, was built to replace the garrison church after its appropriation by the authorities. The congregation was granted a full charter as the Dutch Church in America by King William III of England on May 19, 1696. The original Middle Collegiate Church

532-451: The money. It was collected, and the church was built. This church was the site where the Rev. Everardus Bogardus denounced Director-General of New Netherland Willem Kieft's administration during Kieft's War – which was probably the reason the church was moved into the fort in the first place – and where the banished shipwreck survivor Cornelis Melyn returned and caused a writ from

560-617: Was abandoned in 1887 and is no longer existent. Its bell was relocated to the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas, and then went to the New Middle Collegiate Church when St. Nicholas was demolished. The Marble Collegiate Church was built in 1854 at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 29th Street . Originally called the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Church and sometimes referred to as the 29th Street Church ,

588-403: Was almost in ruins from neglect. The church was in little better condition. The mills were so out of repair that even if the wind could have reached them they could not have been made to do their work properly." The second church was located within Fort Amsterdam's walls. The stone church had a spire with weathercock, and was the tallest structure in the city. After the fall of New Amsterdam to

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616-487: Was described as "little better than a barn". This is probably describing the Pearl Street premises of 1633. "By this time negro slaves were being brought to the colony from Africa. They did the household work, while the colonists cultivated the fields. These slaves did most of the work on a new wooden church which was set up just outside the fort, for the new minister." By 1638, when Willem Kieft became director, "The fort

644-511: Was established. The Middle Dutch Church or Middle Collegiate Church, which was built from 1836–1839, was located on Lafayette Place , now Lafayette Street, near La Grange Terrace . It was built as the second Collegiate Church congregation continued to move uptown with the population. Nathan Silver in Lost New York describes this structure as "a single-mindedly classic Greek Revival church by Isaiah Rogers , perhaps his best work." This church

672-543: Was known as the Fifth Avenue Church and the Forty-Eighth Street Church. The church was demolished in 1949. The New Middle Collegiate Church, built in 1891-92 and designed by S.B. Reed , is located on Second Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets. When initially built, the church had reading-rooms and a gymnasium. The sanctuary's stained-glass windows were of Tiffany glass . It is located within

700-656: Was often considered the first clergyman.) Bogardus was born in Woerden , in the province of Utrecht , Holland in 1607. He entered Leyden University for the study of theology in July, 1627. On 11 January 1632, just five years after he had entered Leyden University, he was ordained a regular minister of the Dutch Reformed church. Soon after he was commissioned by the "Lords Directors of the Honorable West India Company of

728-631: Was on Nassau Street near Cedar Street, and was built in 1731. During the Revolutionary War , it was occupied by the British, who used it at various times as a prison, a hospital and a riding school. It reverted to being a church after the war. From 1844 to 1875, the building was the city's main Post Office. It was torn down in 1882. In 1769, to serve the needs of a growing congregation, the North Church

756-539: Was pastor from the time of the church's foundation in 1909 until he left the Reformed Church in 1914 due to an alteration in his theological principles. Rev. Robert Rodriguez was named Pastor in 2013, the first Latino pastor in the history of the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the United States. Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church The Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

784-635: Was the dominie of the New Netherlands , and was the second minister of the Dutch Reformed Church , the oldest established church in present-day New York , which was then located on Pearl Street at its first location built in 1633, the year of his arrival. Bogardus was, in fact, the second clergyman in all of the New Netherlands. (The slightly obscure early history of the Dutch colony meant that he

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