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203: 215: 20: 179: 191: 88: 239: 227: 84:, ... taken down piece by piece, floated on a raft to Braintree and rebuilt on Quincy Ave near Commercial St. next to the railroad tracks. The church design was slightly altered and a new bell, forged by Paul Revere, was placed in the clock tower. First services were held in the church in November 1810." 202: 214: 100:
By 1825, some of the congregation sought to create another church to alleviate overcrowding, and so established the South Congregational Society. In 1883-1884 the church congregation erected a new building in the
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In 1810–1811, a brick building replaced Bulfinch's wood structure. "The wooden age yields to the brick; comfort now aspires to elegance." The old Bulfinch building "was purchased by the Union Religious Society of
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The memorial history of Boston: including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880
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at Exeter Street. It was designed by architect George Meacham. Ministers included
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South Congregational Church Records, 1828-1929: Guide to the Collection
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Hollis Street Church from Mather Byles to Thomas Starr King, 1732-1861
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Hollis Street Church, 1762-1877: a historical discourse
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In the early years of the church, pew-holders included
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Hollis Street Church (Boston, Mass.) Records (bMS 5)
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Boston
Massachusetts
Congregational
Unitarian
Benjamin Church
Caleb Davis
Charles Bulfinch
Braintree
Weymouth

Back Bay
Newbury Street
Edward Everett Hale
First Church of Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Mather Byles
Horace Holley
John Pierpont
Thomas Starr King
Hollis Street Church, 1838
Hollis Street Church, 1851
Hollis Street Church, c. 1870
View of organ, c. 1870
View of pulpit
Reverend John Pierpont
The memorial history of Boston: including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston
Hollis Street Church from Mather Byles to Thomas Starr King, 1732-1861
Union Church Fire 1897

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