First Universalist Church (Salem, Massachusetts)

First Universalist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
First Universalist Church
Location	Salem, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°31′26″N 70°53′44″W / 42.52389°N 70.89556°WCoordinates: 42°31′26″N 70°53′44″W / 42.52389°N 70.89556°W
Built	1808
Architect	Putnam,William
Architectural style	Federal
MPS	Downtown Salem MRA
NRHP Reference #	83000577 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 29, 1983

The First Universalist Society of Salem is a historic Universalist church building at 211 Bridge Street in Salem, Massachusetts.

History

The congregation was founded in 1805 after seven local people with an interest in Universalism attended a lecture by Rev. John Murray, a founder of Universalism. The current church building was constructed in 1808 with Rev. Hosea Ballou, a founder of the Universalist Church, laying the cornerstone of the Federal style building.^[2] Inside the building, the Hutchings organ was constructed in 1888 with 1,200 pipes. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

See also

• Bessie Monroe House, located behind the church
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

References

1. Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Lemuel Willis, A semi-centennial address delivered in the Universalist Church, Salem, Mass., Thursday, August 4, 1859 (Register Press, 1859)

External links

• First Universalist Society of Salem website
• A semi-centennial address delivered in the Universalist Church, Salem, Mass., Thursday, August 4, 1859 by Lemuel Willis (Register Press, 1859)
• The historical records of the First Universalist Church in Salem are in the Andover-Harvard Theological Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.