Which religious building gave the New Vaudeville Band a Top Five hit In 1966?
"There's a Kind of Hush ""There's a Kind of Hush"" is a popular song written by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens which was a hit in 1967 for Herman's Hermits and again in 1976 for The Carpenters. The song was introduced on the 1966 album ""Winchester Cathedral"" by Geoff Stephens' group the New Vaudeville Band; like that group's hit ""Winchester Cathedral"", ""There's a Kind of Hush"" was conceived as a neo-British music hall number although it is a less overt example of that style. The first single version of ""There's a Kind of Hush"" was recorded in 1966 by Gary"
"a 14-year-old Aretha Franklin made her first recordings for J-V-B Records at New Bethel. In 1961, the church lost its Hastings Street building to construction of the Chrysler Freeway. The church, which had 4,000 members at the time, moved to the Gold Coast Theater (8210 Twelfth) for the next two years. On March 10, 1963, the church moved to the previously-dilapidated Oriole Theater at the corner of Linwood and Philadelphia in Detroit. Detroit architect Nathan Johnson oversaw the remodeling which cost more than $500,000. The project was Detroit's ""first major all-Negro building project"", using an architect, contractors, and financing from"
"years, their land lease had expired, forcing the congregation to move the new building to Adams and Wells in 1853. Unscathed by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, KAM's synagogue building was burned down in the Chicago Fire of 1874. In 1890, KAM moved into its Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler designed temple in Bronzeville, and in 1924 moved again to a private residence in Hyde Park. The former synagogue became the Pilgrim Baptist Church, the birthplace of Gospel music. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, designated a Chicago Landmark in 1981, and partially"
"remnant congregation to the Sandisfield Arts Center in 1996. Montville Baptist Church The Montville Baptist Church, now known as the Sandisfield Arts Center, is an historic former Baptist church and Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 5 Hammertown Road in Sandisfield, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival building was constructed in 1839 as a Baptist church. After 83 years as a Baptist church meeting house, the building was converted into use as an Orthodox synagogue for 75 years. In 1995 the Sandisfield Arts Center formed as a non-profit to preserve the building. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in"
"the top floors. The Brick Lane Mosque was once known as the London Great Mosque, but much larger places of worship for Muslims in the capital opened in Regent's Park (the London Central Mosque, 1978) and then nearby Whitechapel Road (the East London Mosque, 1985). The building has served the religions of a succession of other communities in the area. It was first established in 1743 as a Protestant chapel (""La Neuve Eglise"", i.e. ""the New Church"") by London's Huguenot community. These were refugees who had left France after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, to escape"
"Montville Baptist Church The Montville Baptist Church, now known as the Sandisfield Arts Center, is an historic former Baptist church and Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 5 Hammertown Road in Sandisfield, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival building was constructed in 1839 as a Baptist church. After 83 years as a Baptist church meeting house, the building was converted into use as an Orthodox synagogue for 75 years. In 1995 the Sandisfield Arts Center formed as a non-profit to preserve the building. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. The former Montville Baptist Church stands in a"
"1870 to the Allen Temple AME Church. On 27 August 1869, the congregation dedicated a magnificent building at Eighth and Mound Streets. In 1906 the congregation moved to the Neoclassical Rockdale Temple, designed by Cincinnati architect Rudolph Tietig (1877–1958). The 1906 building no longer exists. Since 1969, the congregation has worshiped in a new synagogue at 8501 Ridge Road in Amberley Village, Ohio. Dave Brubeck's cantata ""The Gates of Justice"" (1969) had its first performance at the new Rockdale Temple. For thirty-one years readers or cantors conducted services. In 1855, Dr. Max Lilienthal was elected as the first permanent rabbi."
"Historic District. Delevan Baptist Church Delevan Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church and First Colored Baptist Church, is a historic African-American Baptist church building located at 632 W. Main Street in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1883, and is a one-story, three bay by six bay, Victorian Romanesque style brick church. It sits on a raised basement and features with a square projecting central tower topped by a large octagonal lantern on a square base, both of wood. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Fifeville and"
"Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville) The Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, a part of the Presbyterian Church (USA), was formerly known as First Presbyterian Church. The church is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Church Street. As Old First Presbyterian Church it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993, for its distinctive Egyptian Revival architecture. The congregation began worshiping at this site in 1816. The first structure burned down in 1832, and a second sanctuary was constructed the same year. The third (and present) sanctuary was constructed after a fire in 1848 destroyed the previous structure. The"
"a site now occupied by the Davies Symphony Hall. Compared to the first two churches, the third church could accommodate 4,000 worshippers and was arguably the grandest. However, the third church and college only lasted 25 years as both were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. After the earthquake and fire, the college was hastily re-built on Hayes Street, a few miles west of old Van Ness Avenue site. A rambling wooden structure, the high school portion of the new complex was known as ""The Shirt Factory"" and the buildings would stay there for some two decades. However, the"
"could not be demolished as it was located in the Greenwich Village Historic District and was instead converted into ""Novare"", a condominium apartment building. Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church was a former Methodist church located at 135 West Fourth Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. It was built in 1860, became a United Methodist church and closed in 2004 when its diminished congregation rented space in Trinity Chapel, New York University (1964). The church was also known as ""The Peace Church"" resulting from the congregation's opposition to the Vietnam War. Paul Abels, New York City's"
"Delevan Baptist Church Delevan Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church and First Colored Baptist Church, is a historic African-American Baptist church building located at 632 W. Main Street in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1883, and is a one-story, three bay by six bay, Victorian Romanesque style brick church. It sits on a raised basement and features with a square projecting central tower topped by a large octagonal lantern on a square base, both of wood. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods"
"National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque The Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque (often known locally as ""the Shrine Mosque"" or simply ""the Shrine"") is a building of arabesque design located in downtown Springfield, Missouri, United States. It was built in 1923 for a cost of $600,000. It is owned by the Abou Ben Adhem Shriners and for many years was the site of the annual Shrine Circus. The five-story building includes a large auditorium with seating for over 4,000. The name derives from Ibrahim ibn Adham, taken from the poem ""Abou Ben Adhem"" by"
"would acquire it from the medical center in 2016. Syria Mosque Syria Mosque was a 3,700-seat performance venue located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1911 and dedicated on October 26, 1916, the building was originally built as a ""mystical"" shrine for the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (the Shriners) and designed by Huehl, Schmidt & Holmes architectural firm of Chicago. It was recognized as one of the best examples of ""exotic revival architecture"". Located at 4223 Bigelow Boulevard, it held numerous events over the years, mainly highlighted by concerts of the"
"on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. First Presbyterian Church of Jefferson First Presbyterian Church of Jefferson, also known as Maple Museum, is a historic Presbyterian church located in Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York. It was built in 1837, and is a two-story, heavy timber frame, Greek Revival style meeting house style church. It has a front gable roof, flush board siding, and Doric order pediment and entablature. The front facade features a square staged bell tower. The church closed in 1919, and has since been used as a school, American Legion hall, and most recently as a"
"St. Francis Street Methodist Church St. Francis Street Methodist Church, officially St. Francis Street United Methodist Church, is a historic United Methodist Church building in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The current structure was built in 1896 by the architectural firm of Watkins and Johnson. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1984. Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1824-1889) met his wife Amelia Townsend (1827-1891) in this church. He later founded Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee thanks to his wife's cousin, Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt (1839-1885), who convinced her second husband, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the richest man in"
"added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Whitneyville Congregational Church (Hamden, Connecticut) The Whitneyville Congregational Church, now the Whitneyville United Church of Christ, is a historic Congregational Church at 1247-1253 Whitney Avenue in the Whitneyville section of Hamden, Connecticut. The congregation is now affiliated with the United Church of Christ (UCC). The church building is a Greek Revival style built in 1834, with an interior altered in 1866 to designs by Rufus G. Russell. It has an entrance deeply recessed behind a pair of fluted columns, flanked on the sides by pilasters rising to support a triangular"
"Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission. Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church (Mobile, Alabama) Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, also known as St. Francis Xavier Church, is a historic Roman Catholic church building in the Toulminville neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama, United States. It serves as the parish church for St. Francis Xavier Parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile. St. Francis Xavier Parish was established in 1868. The vernacular style building was completed in 1916, replacing a previous structure destroyed in a hurricane. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1991 as"
"Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings The Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings are historic Episcopal church buildings at 656-662 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) at West 20th Street in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. The church is a New York City landmark, designated in 1966, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is located within New York City's Ladies' Mile Historic District. The Gothic Revival church building was constructed in 1844-1845 according to a design by Richard Upjohn, and was consecrated in 1846. In 1853 Upjohn completed"
"Bethel Methodist Protestant Church Bethel Methodist Protestant Church, also known as Bethel Church, is a historic Methodist church and cemetery at the junction of Andrewville Road and Todds Chapel Road/Prospect Church Road in Andrewville, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1871, and is a one-story, three bay by four bay, gable-roofed, Gothic-influenced frame building. It measures 30 feet, 6 inches, in width by 40 feet, 6 inches, deep. The interior was renovated in 1905. Adjacent to the church is the cemetery, containing only one or two gravestones. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998."
"Bethel Methodist Protestant Church Bethel Methodist Protestant Church, also known as Bethel Church, is a historic Methodist church and cemetery at the junction of Andrewville Road and Todds Chapel Road/Prospect Church Road in Andrewville, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1871, and is a one-story, three bay by four bay, gable-roofed, Gothic-influenced frame building. It measures 30 feet, 6 inches, in width by 40 feet, 6 inches, deep. The interior was renovated in 1905. Adjacent to the church is the cemetery, containing only one or two gravestones. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998."
"the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. First Baptist Church and Cook Memorial Building First Baptist Church and Cook Memorial Building is a historic Baptist church located at Carthage in Jefferson County, New York. The church was built in 1885 and is a vernacular Gothic / Romanesque Revival–style edifice. It is of brick with stone trim and features asymmetrical massing, a multi-story bell tower, broad cross gables, corbelled brick cornices, stone-capped brick buttresses, and lencet-arched stained glass windows. The Cook Memorial Building dates to the 1860s-1870s and is a two-story brick dwelling with a variety of Italianate style and"
"family members were church officials, musicians and singers; some are buried in this cemetery. Woodlawn Baptist Church and Cemetery Woodlawn Baptist Church and Cemetery, also known as Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church, is a historic building in Nutbush, Haywood County, Tennessee, in the United States. It is on Woodlawn Road, south of Tennessee State Route 19. Founded in 1866 largely by freedmen, Woodlawn Baptist Church and Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. When singer Tina Turner was growing up as Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Woodlawn Baptist was one of her family churches. Most slave"
"Register of Historic Places in 1980. Bethesda Presbyterian Church (Houstonville, North Carolina) Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Session House and Cemetery is a historic Presbyterian church, session house, and cemetery located near Houstonville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1853, and is a one-story, three bay by five bay, rectangular vernacular Greek Revival style frame church. It has an pedimented, temple form, front gable roof and an unusual front recessed balcony. It is the oldest church building in Iredell County. Also on the property is the contributing session house, also built in 1853, and church cemetery with about 200 gravestones."
"one point during his career. Fourth Baptist Church Fourth Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1884, and is a three-story, Greek Revival style stuccoed brick structure. It features a distyle portico in antis elevated on a high podium. It consists of two unfluted Doric order columns and paired pilasters supporting a Doric entablature. Attached to the church is a Sunday School building erected in 1964. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. A former pastor was Richmond mayor Leonidas B. Young, II, who was convicted"
"Court Street Methodist Church Court Street Methodist Church, which for a time also was known as Rock County Appliance and TV, is a historic church at 36 S. Main Street in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1868 and was renovated by Masonic organization during 1905-1906. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Its NRHP nomination states:The Court Street Methodist Church is one of the most unusual commercial buildings in downtown Janesville. It is significant not only for the quality of its architecture, as the best preserved of two remaining Second Empire commercial"
"Places in 1997. The National Register nomination referred to the ""inspirational feeling"" imparted by the Gothic revival architecture, the ""sense of power"" imparted by the church's steep gabled roof and pronounced arches, and the ""sense of strength and stability"" conveyed by the square bell tower, which has a bellcast roof. Asbury United Methodist Church (Knoxville, Tennessee) Asbury United Methodist Church, formerly known as Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is a historic church in Knoxville, Tennessee. The church is named for English Methodist evangelist Francis Asbury, who is credited with disseminating Methodism in the United States in late 18th and early"
"pierced by a curvaceous vent in the Baroque manner."" First United Methodist Church (Leesville, Louisiana) The First United Methodist Church is a church in Leesville, Louisiana. Located at 202 N. Fifth Street, the building was built in 1920 in a Bungalow style/Craftsman style, Mission style/Spanish Revival style and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The building is a T-shaped church which was built in 1920 and expanded in the 1950s. It is a two-story building, with the worship space upstairs and a high brick basement story holding offices and meeting rooms. The front facade of"
"of Historic Places in 1996. St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Bloomfield, New York) St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church located at 44 Main Street in Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Constructed in 1871, it is a small, board and batten, Carpenter Gothic style frame building. The 67 foot by 27 foot rectangular structure is surmounted by a sharply pitched gable roof featuring polychrome slate shingles set in a decorative diamond pattern. A square bell tower surmounted by a pyramidal spire is attached to the front corner of the main body of the church. It was"
"New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. Other singers joined the Gospelaires from time to time, including Judy Clay, Cissy Houston and Doris ""Rikii"" Troy, whose chart selection ""Just One Look,"" when she recorded it in 1963, featured backing vocals from the Gospelaires. After personnel changes (Dionne and Doris left the group after achieving solo success), the Gospelaires became the recording group the Sweet Inspirations, who had some chart success, but were much sought-after as studio background singers. The Gospelaires and later the Sweet Inspirations performed on many records cut in New York City for artists such as Garnet"
"the United States at the time, to donate US$1 million for its creation. St. Francis Street Methodist Church St. Francis Street Methodist Church, officially St. Francis Street United Methodist Church, is a historic United Methodist Church building in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The current structure was built in 1896 by the architectural firm of Watkins and Johnson. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1984. Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1824-1889) met his wife Amelia Townsend (1827-1891) in this church. He later founded Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee thanks to his wife's cousin, Frank Armstrong Crawford"
"Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Synagogue Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Synagogue is a historic former synagogue building at 148-150 Bedford Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1924, it is unusual for an ecclesiastical structure in that its design appears to be based on that of an apartment house. It housed an Orthodox Jewish congregation until 1963, and now houses the local House of God Church. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 for its architecture. The former Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Synagogue stands in Hartford's Clay-Arsenal neighborhood north of the downtown, at the southeast corner of Mather and Bedford"
"in 1970, but the facade survived. In 1976 the church was placed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Fourth Metropolitan Baptist Church at 13th and R streets, NW was one of the city's largest African American churches. It had symmetrically placed towers and Gothic ornamentation, as with three of Brent's other church designs. Brent also designed the Mount Jezreel Baptist at Fifth and E streets, SE, the Miles Chapel at 1110 Third Street, NW (later called the Miles Memorial Colored Methodist Episcopal Church) and Third Baptist Church at 1546 Fifth Street, NW. Many of Brent's buildings were demolished"