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.
Īpašums Hikstrītā 13 — 17, kuru nopirka Sargtorņa biedrība, bija piederējis ietekmīgam mācītājam Henrijam Vordam Bīčeram, un tas bija iesaukts par Bīčera Bēteli.