Historic church in New York, United States
United States historic place
The
Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo
is an historic church complex located at 695 Elmwood Avenue, in
Buffalo, New York
. The building was designed by architect
Edward Austin Kent
in 1906.
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Kent died in 1912 aboard the
RMS
Titanic
and a memorial plaque is located in the church honoring him.
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The congregation is currently affiliated with the
Unitarian Universalist Association
. The church building was originally called the
First Unitarian Church of Buffalo
and was affiliated with the
American Unitarian Association
. In 1953, the congregation was joined by the
Universalist Church of the Messiah
, which was affiliated with the
Universalist Church of America
and began worshiping together as the
Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo
. Coincidentally, both congregations were organized in 1831 and the two
denominations merged
nationally in 1961.
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Church building
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The sanctuary and building was completed in 1906 on land donated by
John J. Albright
, who built the
Albright?Knox Art Gallery
in
Buffalo, New York
completed in 1905. In 1908, Col. Charles Clifton paid the remaining $25,000 of the mortgage on the church building on the condition that the pews would be forever free.
The church is designed in a
Gothic Revival
style with walls and
tracery
in the arched windows of
Indiana limestone
, a
crenelated
turret
, and oak doors decorated with
wrought-iron
fleur-de-lis
. The interior of the church is English Country Gothic in style. The sanctuary has seating for 400 and features a great oak
hammer beam
ceiling soaring from stone corbels about ten feet above the floor.
The walls and floor are of the same
Indiana limestone
as the exterior. Their plainness serves as contrast to the oak and glass decorative elements.
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The
Art Nouveau
stained glass windows
were designed by Harry E. Goodhue, of
Boston
who also designed
stained glass windows
for
Saint Martin's Church, Providence
. The
pipe organ
in the choir loft was built by the Hutchings-Votey Organ Company in 1906. Hutchings-Votey also built the
Newberry Memorial Organ
in
Woolsey Hall
at
Yale University
and the
Naval Academy Chapel Organ
located in the United States
Naval Academy Chapel
in
Annapolis, Maryland
. The Delaware Organ Company of
Tonawanda, New York
rebuilt the organ in 1960.
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The church was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
on June 30, 2015, as the
First Unitarian Church of Buffalo
.
[1]
It is located in the
Elmwood Historic District?East
.
McCann Memorial library
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The McCann Memorial Library contains approximately 2,700 books covering a wide variety of topics including all aspects of Unitarian Universalism. The adult collection contains books on the various religions of the world,
philosophy
, spiritual readings, life issues (e.g.
death
,
divorce
,
discipline
, women's role,
LGBTQ
issues),
environmentalism
,
religious education
, inspiring
fiction
and
poetry
, among others. The collections for children and youth contain books to help young people deal with various life issues, as well as many traditional books for casual readers.
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Unitarian Universalist principles
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There are seven principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote:
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- The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
- Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
- Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
- A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
- The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
- The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
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