WCBS CBS 2 News January 1, 2016
We encountered heavy smoked and fire on the second floor. A major loss the church itself, older than the town. The church itself dates back to 1827. However, the steeple which has become an iconic symbol of Downtown West orange, dates back to the 1860s when veterans of the civil war left west orange, had they ever returned they still would have recognized the steeple as a familiar face. In recent months the church was being rented to a pentecostal congregation. It is like going into a museum. The orangal windows and artifacts are there. The founding pastor of the Church Benjamin holmes, still ...