Three-story wood-frame tenement, constructed in 1881. The building got a new facade (probably asphalt in a faux brick pattern) prior to 1940. Now vinyl sided, with California stucco at the ground floor.
Source: Real Estate Record & Builders Guide, vol. 28, no. 702 (August 27, 1881), 848.
This building was originally constructed as the Union Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900, replacing the previous Leonard Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Union M.E. was the result of the merger of three local Methodist Episcopal churches - Leonard Street M.E. Church (founded in 1870), Powers Street M.E. Church and Gothic M.E. Church (founded circa 1835). Powers and Gothic merged in 1895 or so; three years later Powers and Leonard merged to form the Union M.E. Church.
The Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church of East New York was established in 1883. Shortly thereafter the congregation purchased a property on Berriman Street near Eastern Parkway (?) and constructed a church, only to find out that the title on the property was not clear.
Constructed in the early 1830s as a single-family residence. The original building was probably two-and-a-half stories and enlarged to three stories by the 1840s. As early as 1870, the building had been converted to multi-family use, with a Chinese laundry located in the basement. Other uses in the 19th century included an oyster bar. By the 1930s, the building was used for metal storage/salvage, as evidenced by the large metal shutters at the parlor floor level.
Classon Primitive Methodist Church was located at 152 Classon Avenue, between Park and Myrtle (not particularly near Lafayette). The church was organized in 1883 and based on historic maps appears to have been constructed about 1886-87. It was demolished sometime before 1916. John J. Lockett was the pastor in 1902.
Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 375, May 22, 1875), 361.
"...two three-story frame tenements, 25x58, on the south side of Jefferson street, 200 east of Central avenue, for Matthew Kaicher, to cost $9,500..."1
"...two three-story frame stores and tenements, 25x58, on the west side of Morgan avenue, 120 south of Johnson avenue, for R. Morhardt, to cost $9,500..."1