🔙 The Park Church History Home Page Our History Set Our Course Incorporated on January 3, 1846 by 41 abolitionists who broke away from...

Small Town 360 creates stunning virtual tours including interactive maps. Select from the options below to explore local maps of your...

Each talk from the 2024 Trouble Begins Lecture Series and Park Church Summer Lecture Series can now be viewed online. If you were unable...

What: Walking Tour at Woodlawn Cemetery When: Sunday, August 4 at 2 pm Where: Meet and park at the Walnut Street gate Walking tour at...

The 2024 Park Church Summer Lecture Series is presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) and The Park Church. The series will...

The 2024 Park Church Summer Lecture Series is presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) and The Park Church. The series will...

What: Mrs. Beecher & Mark Twain - Open House and Presentation When: Saturday, May 18, 2024 at these times 10:30 AM 11:30 AM 12:30 PM 1:30...

The Park Church is grateful to "Deetroit" Dave for creating several high-resolution panoramic photos of the Church's sanctuary and other...

What: Historic Walking Tour of The Park Church When: Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 11:15 AM Where: Start in Beecher Hall Come poke in the...

Happy Birthday Livy and Sam! November 27, 1845 for Olivia Louise Langdon and November 30, 1835 for Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Here they...

What: Christmas in Elmira, 2022 When: Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 3 pm Where: The Park Church, 208 W. Gray St., Elmira, NY The Park...

What: An Elegant Evening of Jazz - John W. Jones Museum Fundraiser When: Saturday, October 1st from 6 - 9 PM Where: Courtroom at the...

Hurrah for the culmination of our first 175 years! Our August 7th program: Jack Waddell Presents Mark Twain’s America with Deborah...

Celebrate American music with vocalists Jack Waddell and Deborah Dutcher, stars of Mark Twain the Musical When: Sun, August 7, 2022 from...

On October 12th we had two visitors at the church: Reuben Fuller-Bennett, an attorney from Brooklyn, and his mother, Anne Fuller from...

By Organist and Music Director Charlotte Cook Are church organs the same as theater organs? No. The American theater organs of the 1920’s...

A Sacred Instrument In my previous article “Taming the Organ I” (February 2021, Cross Currents) we took a brief tour of the pipe organ –...

Introduction: Since the advent of Covid-19 and “virtual” worship, the church has been making recordings of the worship services that can...