First Church of Jamaica Plain

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First Church of Jamaica Plain
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Location Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°18′36″N71°6′58″W / 42.31000°N 71.11611°W / 42.31000; -71.11611
Area1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built1854
Architect Nathaniel J. Bradlee; Cabot, Everett & Mead
Architectural style Gothic Revival; Shingle Style
Part of Monument Square Historic District (ID90001536)
NRHP reference No. 88000955 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1988
Designated CPJune 2, 1987

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. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "First Church of Jamaica Plain Graveyard Survey".
  3. 1 2 "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.