First Church of Jamaica Plain explained

First Church of Jamaica Plain
Location:Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.31°N -71.1161°W
Built:1854
Architect:Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Cabot, Everett & Mead
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Shingle Style
Added:July 15, 1988
Refnum:88000955
Nrhp Type2:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Nrhp Type2:June 2, 1987
Partof:Monument Square Historic District
Partof Refnum:90001536

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.[1] 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.[2] This new addition was designed by Cabot, Everett & Mead.[3]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, and included in the Monument Square Historic District in 1990.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Church of Jamaica Plain Graveyard Survey.
  2. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for First Church of Jamaica Plain. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2014-06-14.
  3. Engineering and Building Record 1 June 1889: 14.