Comments on: HISTORY: Name That Church http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/ Falls Church City's Online Community Newspaper Wed, 23 May 2012 19:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sara Fitzgerald http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3388 Sara Fitzgerald Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:33:38 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3388 Regarding the question about Mathew Brady, Brady operated a studio and supervised several photographers, but did not actually shoot many of the photographs that were attributed to him. (Brady is buried in Congressional Cemetery on Capitol Hill, and this is explained in their materials.) Here's another citation from the Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwbrady.html Regarding the question about Mathew Brady, Brady operated a studio and supervised several photographers, but did not actually shoot many of the photographs that were attributed to him. (Brady is buried in Congressional Cemetery on Capitol Hill, and this is explained in their materials.) Here’s another citation from the Library of Congress:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwbrady.html

]]> By: NDH http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3383 NDH Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:52:22 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3383 Only six degrees of separation. . . . By the way, when Columbia Baptist tore down this church they gave the "reclaimed" wood to members of the African American community who built a school and what became Galloway United Methodist Church (1870) which is still in operation today. (although the original wooden structure has been rebuilt. This church was Bob & Meredith Morrison's church home and the location where his service was held on this past Saturday. The church is in Falls Church City, but due to the gerrymandering of the borders, the parsonage is now in Fairfax County. Only six degrees of separation. . . . By the way, when Columbia Baptist tore down this church they gave the “reclaimed” wood to members of the African American community who built a school and what became Galloway United Methodist Church (1870) which is still in operation today. (although the original wooden structure has been rebuilt. This church was Bob & Meredith Morrison’s church home and the location where his service was held on this past Saturday. The church is in Falls Church City, but due to the gerrymandering of the borders, the parsonage is now in Fairfax County.

]]> By: Barry Buschow http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 Barry Buschow Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:40:39 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3380 No historian needed, it is The Falls Church as Brady took several pictures of it as well. The Baptist church was moved to make way for Broad Street. Remember Fairfax Street (next to TFC) was part of the "Rolling Road" which was the main road to Alexandria and the cargo ships at that time....... No historian needed, it is The Falls Church as Brady took several pictures of it as well. The Baptist church was moved to make way for Broad Street. Remember Fairfax Street (next to TFC) was part of the “Rolling Road” which was the main road to Alexandria and the cargo ships at that time…….

]]> By: Stan Fendley http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 Stan Fendley Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:11:07 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3378 Good eye. The building in the background would appear to me to be The Falls Church, but we would need a genuine historian to say it's a fact. Good eye. The building in the background would appear to me to be The Falls Church, but we would need a genuine historian to say it’s a fact.

]]> By: Jonathan Smythe http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3374 Jonathan Smythe Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:06:14 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3374 So is that The Falls Church (nee Episcopal) in the background? So is that The Falls Church (nee Episcopal) in the background?

]]> By: Stan Fendley http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3371 Stan Fendley Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:42:36 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3371 Thank you for your quick responses. You are correct. The church pictured is Columbia Baptist Church at its original location at 160 E. Broad Street. This building was completed in 1858, where the congregation met until the early 1900's when it moved to its current location at Columbia and N. Washington. And the man in the foreground is indeed believed to be Mathew Brady, famed photographer of the era who spent a number of days in Falls Church during the Civil War. This photo was taken circa 1862. An obvious question is why Brady was in the photo instead of taking it, but the historians have identified the figure as him. If anyone has information on how the photo was taken and why Brady appears in it, we would love to know. Later this week we will run a longer piece on "The Churches of Falls Church - Then and Now." We hope you enjoy it. Thank you to all who responded! Thank you for your quick responses. You are correct. The church pictured is Columbia Baptist Church at its original location at 160 E. Broad Street. This building was completed in 1858, where the congregation met until the early 1900′s when it moved to its current location at Columbia and N. Washington.

And the man in the foreground is indeed believed to be Mathew Brady, famed photographer of the era who spent a number of days in Falls Church during the Civil War. This photo was taken circa 1862. An obvious question is why Brady was in the photo instead of taking it, but the historians have identified the figure as him. If anyone has information on how the photo was taken and why Brady appears in it, we would love to know.

Later this week we will run a longer piece on “The Churches of Falls Church – Then and Now.” We hope you enjoy it.

Thank you to all who responded!

]]> By: Debra Gee http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3370 Debra Gee Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:47:46 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3370 The man in the foreground of the picture is Matthew Brady. The man in the foreground of the picture is Matthew Brady.

]]> By: Barry Buschow http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3369 Barry Buschow Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:28:18 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3369 Columbia Baptist Church before it was moved from Broad Street. Columbia Baptist Church before it was moved from Broad Street.

]]> By: Gary http://fallschurchtimes.com/8054/history-name-that-church/comment-page-1/#comment-3368 Gary Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:28:14 +0000 http://fallschurchtimes.com/?p=8054#comment-3368 The church is Columbia Baptist. The church is Columbia Baptist.

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