First Unitarian Church (Peabody, Massachusetts)

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Location7 Park Street,
Peabody, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°31′28″N70°55′38″W / 42.52444°N 70.92722°W / 42.52444; -70.92722
Built1872
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 88001091 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The First Unitarian Church is a historic church in Peabody, Massachusetts. The wood-frame church was built in 1826, when the area was known as South Danvers. The front facade has a projecting rounded entrance hall decorated with pilasters and a heavily bracketed cornice. The main part of the facade also has pilasters rising to a pedimented gable that has large-scale dentil molding. The side walls have six lancet-style windows. The tower, which lacks a steeple, has quoined corners, and molding on the cornice of its roofline that matches that of the main roof. [2]

The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] It has been converted to condominiums. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for First Unitarian Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-20.