Building date: 1844, torn down 1903
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'14.45"N 77°45'05.39"W. Current owner of record, Parma Greece United Church of Christ as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Parma and Monroe County Maps
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease 1941. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt. Reference the first paragraph on page 3.
The History of Parma Greece United Church of Christ, From the Parma Greece Church Book of Church Record, Book One...
Chronology of Parma Cobblestone Church
1834 - Parma Greece Church was born on August 23 with 14 charter members that met in a little red school house on Burritt Road. They took the Scripture of Truth for their only rule of faith and practice. Isaac Chase Jr., son of Isaac Chase, was chosen Clerk of said Society. The cobblestone church was located only a short distance south of the Isaac Sr. cobblestone residence, both on Manitou Road.
1841 - In April, Sunday School was organized.
1843 - Since attendance had increased over the years, the group incorporated and adopted the name "Christ Church of Parma and Greece".
1844 - Isaac Chase donated land and a chapel was erected at the site of the present church. It was called "Cobblestone Church".
1845 - The Cobblestone Church was dedicated, In June, membership was up to 111.
CHRIST CHURCH OF PARMA AND GREECE.
About the year: 1830 a small number of persons, residing near the town line in Parma and Greece, feeling the necessity of religious services, met together at what was known as the old red school-house, east of Parma Centre, and agreed to hold biweekly meetings for mutual prayer and for reading the Scriptures. The services of a preacher were seldom secured until 1833. Madison Thomas, a youngman from Orleans county, preached for sometime, and was followed by Elder Joel Doubleday and Allen Crocker. On the 23d day of August, 1834, Elder Doubleday, assistedby Elder William Blake, after hearing the Christian experience of the following named fourteen persons, organized them in a church: James B. Deyo, Samuel Deyo, James Chase, Isaac Chase, Jr., Joseph Hooper, Ruth Deyo, Peter Wisner, Peter S. Olmstead, Betsey A. Wisner, Elizabeth Chase, Robey Hicks, Lucy Chase, Mary Deyo, and Sarah Hubbard. Austin Lines and Isaac Chase were ordained deacons. In 1835 the church joined the Christian Conference of Western New York, and Isaac Chase was appointed clerk. The first pastor was Joel Doubleday, followed by Jonathan Morse, Ezra Smith, Asa C. Morrison, Ambrose Burlingame, Elder Crocker, Jonathan S. Thompson, for several years, Ambrose Burlingame again in 1857, Elias Jones, 1861, William J. Grimes, four years, Albert Dunlap, five years, and Elder James W Burgdorf, who is still serving. On December 28, 1643, the society was lawfully organized, as the statute directs, and the first trustees elected, viz.: Austin Lines, Aaron Blakeman, James B. Deyo, Joseph Hooper, John Houden, James Chase, and Isaac Chase. In 1844 the structure it now occupies was erected, at a cost, including lot, of five thousand five hundred dollars. It is located on the Parma side of the town line, midway the south section, and is a fine, substantial edifice, built of stone. The present trustees are S. D. Burnett, William T. Field, J. D. Chase, D. M. Martin, Ephraim Butcher, E. I. Hicks, and F. H. Irwin, and the present clerk J.D.Chase. Its present membership is eighty-four. A flourishing Sabbath-school is connected with the church, which was organized May3, 1848. It now includes ninety-seven teachers and pupils, with Isaac Chase as superintendent. At the same time a library was begun with twenty-five volumes, and now containing one hundred and eighty-five. History of Monroe County, New York, 1877, page 178, Everts, Ensign & Everts, Philadelphia.
1903 - The Cobblestone Church was torn down and the present structure was built on the very same foundation as the Cobblestone Church. The windows of the Cobblestone Church were put in the nave of the sanctuary. On November 22, "Parma and Greece Christian Church" was dedicated.
1957 - Sunday School facilities and the Fellowship Hall were completed. The new facilities also provided child and crib care and a modern kitchen. The facility was dedicated on October 20. The Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Churches merged to form the United Church of Christ. We became Parma Greece United Church of Christ.
2009 - Celebrated 175th Anniversary
 Cobblestone church.jpg ¹ Parma Cobblestone Church in 1877 | LR.jpg) Church Cobble Stone A (1)LR.jpg ² | LR.jpg) Church Cobble Stone (2)LR.jpg ² |
¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer blog.
² Image courtesy William Sauers Greece Historical Society.
