Wynn Memorial Baptist Chapel
The Wynn Memorial Baptist Chapel was dedicated on February 23, 1890. It was named after the much-loved Rev. Isaac Caldwell Wynn, who had died on April 20, 1889. Rev. Wynn had led the congregation of the First Baptist Church for 19 years. The chapel is on the south side of Spruce Street, in the 700 block, opposite 767 and 769 Spruce Street.
The Wynn Memorial Chapel's cornerstone was laid in September of 1899. On November 15, 1899 Wynn Memorial Baptist Church organized itself, however as a church the congregation does not seem to have lasted into the 1920s. The Chapel is not listed under its own name in the 1920 Camden City Directory, and who was using it and what for is not clear as of this writing.
Photos
Wynn Memorial Baptist Chapel — exterior, interior, postcard (Children's Day Decoration, June 14, 1908), and 1891 Sanborn Map
Camden News Budget
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The Wynn Memorial Baptist Chapel Dedicated With Imposing Ceremonies.
The Wynn Memorial Baptist Chapel was dedicated yesterday morning. The new edifice is one of the finest of its kind in the city. It is brick, built on the Gothic style, and has a seating capacity of 300. The cost of the structure was $6,000.
Rev. John W. Lyell, of the First Baptist Church, conducted the services. The ceremony was commenced by the singing of a hymn after which Rev. M. M. Finch read the Scripture. Rev. Mr. Lyell led the prayer, which was followed by the sermon, which was preached by Rev. William Cathcart, D. D.
In Camden's Churches
Philadelphia Inquirer —
IN CAMDEN’S CHURCHES
The week of prayer in Camden will be observed with meetings in two churches daily at 3.30 P. M. The meetings were inaugurated yesterday in the First Presbyterian and Emmanuel Baptist Churches. The former was addressed by Rev. J. W. Lyell, and the latter by Rev. J. S. Heisler.
Camden Lodge, No. 203, B. P. O. Elks, attended divine service at Trinity Baptist Church last evening, when the pastor, Rev. Dr. Clarence A. Adams, preached for their special benefit.
Two distinguished divines from Crozier Seminary occupied the pulpit of the Wynn Memorial Church yesterday. Rev. H. G. Weston, D. D., president of the Seminary, preached in the morning, and Dr. Vedder in the evening.
Rev. A. G. Lawson, D. D., pastor of the North Baptist Church, scored Camden’s law-breakers in a prelude to his sermon last evening.
Camden News Notes
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Rev. George Ridout, of Trenton, will address the Camden M. E. Preachers’ Meeting at the First M. E. Church this morning on “The Present Aspect of the Theological Situation.”
Rev. Harry Champe, of the Crozer Theological Seminary, addressed the congregation at the Wynn Memorial Baptist Church yesterday.
The special evangelistic services inaugurated last week at the North Baptist Church are meeting with great success. They are in charge of Evangelists Brooke, Lewis and Sawyer.
Roland Evans will be placed on trial for the murder of Robert Green in the Supreme Court before Judge Garrison this morning. The State will press for a first degree verdict.
The anti-tuberculosis exhibit now at the Free Public Library, where it is being held under the direction of the local Lodge of Moose and the Visiting Nurse Society, is attracting hundreds of visitors.
Philadelphia Inquirer — April 17, 1918
Taken into custody by Detectives Moffett and Murray, Thomas Hansby, a colored boy, is declared by the police to have confessed to stealing the lead fastenings from the stained glass windows at the Wynn Memorial Baptist Church.