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Second Church in Boston

Coordinates: 42°20′49.5″N 71°6′18.0″W / 42.347083°N 71.105000°W / 42.347083; -71.105000
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Second Church in Boston
Second Church in Boston is located in Massachusetts
Second Church in Boston
Second Church in Boston is located in the United States
Second Church in Boston
Location874, 876, 880 Beacon St, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′49.5″N 71°6′18.0″W / 42.347083°N 71.105000°W / 42.347083; -71.105000
Arealess than one acre
Built1914
ArchitectRalph Adams Cram
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.10000391[1]
Added to NRHPJune 24, 2010

The Second Church in Boston (also known as the Ruggles Baptist Church) is a historic church building at 874 Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1914 in Colonial Revival style to designs by the firm of architect Ralph Adams Cram.[2]

History

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The Second Church, Boston congregation was founded in 1649, as the second Congregational church in Boston. Later the congregation adopted a Unitarian theology. After moving to several meeting houses, the congregation constructed the Beacon Street building in 1914. In 1970 the Second Church congregation merged with First Church in Boston, and the Ruggles Baptist Church, an American Baptist Churches USA congregation, acquired the Beacon Street building. The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 2010.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Second Church in Boston". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
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