The property that the Watch Tower Society purchased at 13 - 17 Hicks Street was owned by the prominent clergyman Henry Ward Beecher and was known as the Beecher Bethel.
Hoonet aadressil Hicks Street 13 – 17, mille Vahitorni ühing ostis tuntud kirikutegelaselt Henry Ward Beecherilt, tunti nime all Beecheri Peetel.