The first indoor meeting of the mission which became The Salvation Army was held here on 3rd September 1865.
Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
E1, New Road, 23
Booth moved his meetings which had begun in the summer in a tent inside as the winter approached. The building was known as the Assembly Rooms or Professor Orson's Dancing Academy (its week-time use).
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Salvation Army - indoors
A Protestant church internationally renowned for its charitable works. Founde...
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Salvation Army - indoors
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There is an identical plaque on the side wall of the care home.
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