First Congregational Church of Hyde Park

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First Congregational Church of Hyde Park
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Location6 Webster St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′27.4″N71°7′13.4″W / 42.257611°N 71.120389°W / 42.257611; -71.120389
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
Architect Kilham & Hopkins
Charles Connick Studio
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 99001308 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1999

The First Congregational Church of Hyde Park, now the Hyde Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, is a historic Congregational church at 6 Webster Street in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Kilham & Hopkins, with stained glass by Charles Connick. It is a fine local example of Gothic Revival architecture, built for Hyde Park's second-oldest congregation (established 1860) in 1910. [2]

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The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]

It is now used by the Hyde Park Seventh-day Adventist Church. The SDA church purchased the property in 2007. On December 15, 2007, the day of the church's dedication, there were 304 members [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. "NRHP nomination for First Congregational Church of Hyde Park". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  3. "History : Hyde Park Seventh-day Adventist Church Hyde Park MA". www.hydeparksdachurch.org. Retrieved 2016-01-08.