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First Church of Jamaica Plain

The First Church of Jamaica Plain is a historic church at 6 Eliot Street in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The stone Gothic Revival church was designed in 1854 by the well known Boston architect, Nathaniel J. Bradlee, for a congregation which was established in 1769 as the Third Church of Roxbury.[2] It is built out of ashlar granite, laid in courses without ornament. It has a square tower with Gothic arched windows at the second level, a clock face at the third, and Gothic louvered openings at the belfry, and a parapeted top. A Shingle style parish hall was added in 1889.[3] This new addition was designed by Cabot, Everett & Mead.[4]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988,[1] and included in the Monument Square Historic District in 1990.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "First Church of Jamaica Plain Graveyard Survey".
  3. ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for First Church of Jamaica Plain". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  4. ^ Engineering and Building Record 1 June 1889: 14.