jw.org's own account of the move to Brooklyn Bethel documents Charles Taze Russell's 1909 relocation of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society's headquarters from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Brooklyn, New York, the dedication of the Hicks Street and Columbia Heights properties on 31 January 1909, and the Reception Day the Society held there on 6 September 1909, when hundreds of Bible Students toured the new complex and Russell personally welcomed them.
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jw.org is Jehovah's Witnesses' own official website, tier 1, matching the tier already carried by most of its other entries on the map, used here for the move's exact dates and the Reception Day account, corroborated by Wikipedia's more institutional account of the New York incorporation below. NotesUsed for the 31 January 1909 dedication date, the Hicks Street and Columbia Heights properties, and the 6 September 1909 Reception Day.
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Publisherjw.org (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania)
URLhttps://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/wp20090501/brooklyn-bethel-history/
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This source names Pennsylvania directly: "headquarters from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Brooklyn, New York, the dedication of the Hicks Street and Columbia Heights properties on 31 January 1909, and the Reception Day the Society held there..."
This source names Pittsburgh directly: "and Tract Society's headquarters from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Brooklyn, New York, the dedication of the Hicks Street and Columbia Heights properties on 31 January 1909, and the Reception Day..."
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- Spread Events, 10 claims: 3 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
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