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Nomination for First Religious Society Church and Parish Hall

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,863 words across 15 pages, filed in 1976. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 76000278, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the typewriter's. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PHO36591VTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATA SHEET FOR NPS USE ONLY FEB 24 19/0 RECEIVED NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM NAME DATE ENTERED APR 2 DB# 76000278 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS phi + Parish Hall 1978 ** HISTORIC Church of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) AND/OR COMMON Unitarian Church and Parish Hall LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 26 Pleasant Street CITY, TOWN Newburyport STATE VICINITY OF CODE 025 _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Sixth COUNTY Essex CODE 009 3 Massachusetts CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY -DISTRICT X BUILDING(S) STRUCTURE _SITE _OBJECT OWNERSHIP _PUBLIC XPRIVATE _BOTH PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS BEING CONSIDERED STATUS X OCCUPIED _UNOCCUPIED _WORK IN PROGRESS ACCESSIBLE X YES: RESTRICTED -YES: UNRESTRICTED _NO PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE -MUSEUM _COMMERCIAL -PARK -EDUCATIONAL PRIVATE RESIDENCE _ENTERTAINMENT X RELIGIOUS _GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC _INDUSTRIAL -TRANSPORTATION -MILITARY _OTHER: 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME First Religious Society (Unitarian) STREET & NUMBER 26 Pleasant Street CITY.

TOWN STATE Massachusetts 01950 Newburyport - VICINITY OF 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. STREET & NUMBER First Religious Society (Unitarian) 26 Pleasant Street CITY. TOWN STATE Massachusetts 01950 6 Newburyport REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE Inventory of the Historic Assets of the Commonwealth Historic American Buildings Survey (MASS-473, 623) DATE 1969 (Massachusetts! 1940,1945 (HABS) XFEDERAL XSTATE _COUNTY _LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Massachusetts Historical Commission; Library of Congress CITY. TOWN STATE Boston (washington, DC) Massachusetts 7 DESCRIPTION CONDITION XEXCELLENT _GOOD -FAIR _DETERIORATED _RUINS -UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE _UNALTERED X ALTERED CHECK ONE XORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Church of the First Religious Society, Unitarian, is located in downtown New- buryport near Market Square (National Register 2/25/71) but not contiguous to it. The church faces Pleasant Street and is set back 25 feet from the street line. The Parish Hall next door is situated approximately 60 feet from the street and is fronted by a small lawn. The sidewalk in front of the buildings is red brick, and utility poles have been removed and wires installed underground. The surrounding buildings on Pleasant Street are commercial and derive principally from the late nineteenth century. The Church of the First Religious Society was built and dedicated in 1801. Although the architect is unknown, the design of the building bears a striking resemblance to a Samuel McIntire church in Salem which has a similar spire. Historian John J.

Currier has speculated that the church may have been the work of Timothy Palmer who designed the Essex Merrimac bridge. The church is two stories high and is built on a granite block foundation. The exterior walls are sheathed in clapboard, ard the ridge roof is covered with dark asphalt shingles. A single brick chimney rises through the rear of the roof to the left of the ridge line. The church has as its prototype the famous St. Martin's-in-the-Fields in London, designed by James Gibbs in about 1700. The magnificent spire of the Newburyport Englandaf described by McIntire hinself as the "... Xival (oflanything in New The central entrance is surmounted by a handsome fanlight and pediment and is balanced by two doors on either side. Over the main entrance is a Palladian window, above which there is a fanlighted pediment.

The church is seven bays deep, and the shuttered windows have twelve over twelve lights on both the first and second stories. The exterior of the building has been virtually unchanged since the time of its construction. On the interior the Palladian motif of the exterior is echoed on the wall behind the pulpit. Corinthian pilasters support the pediment which surmounts the window. Also of interest are the box pews, some of which have drawers which were used to hold bread boards on which the lunch was placed. The interior has undergone several minor alterations. In 1839 the pulpit was lowered approximately one foot and was moved back about eight feet against the wall. The chandeliers and sounding board were removed around the same time. Gas illumination was installed in sub- sequent years, and when in this century electricity was put in, the older gas fix- tures were used as housings.

Next door to the church is the Parish Hall, built in 1873. This building resembles its neighbor in its use of white clapboards, shuttered windows, and fluted corner pilasters. 1J. M. Howells, The Architectural Heritage of the Merrimac.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD PREHISTORIC -1400-1499 - 1500-1599 - 1600-1699 -1700-1799 X_ 1800-1899 -1900- ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE XARCHITECTURE -ART _COMMERCE _COMMUNICATIONS AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION LAW _ECONOMICS _LITERATURE _EDUCATION _MILITARY _ENGINEERING -MUSIC LEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _PHILOSOPHY IDUSTRY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _INVENTION X RELIGION _SCIENCE _SCULPTURE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _THEATER _TRANSPORTATION -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1801 (1873 Parish Ha11) BUILDER

Statement of significance

/ARCHITECT Attributed to Timothy Palmer STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ahe churoh ot tihe otrat aal dous, Boototy tn tariat in aooduyoor la ni eanant citizens of Newburyport and Massachusetts. The church was built in 1801 and re- placed an earlier and more modest church which had stood in nearby Market Square. The handsome design of the new church, no doubt inspired by the work of Samuel MoIntire in Salem, is Federal architecture at its finest. Elegant detail, pax- ticularly in the central entry and the Palladian window on the facade, attests to the refinement inherent in the more sophisticated examples of the Federal period. The first minister of the church was the Reverend John Lowel1 whose descendants are listed among the country's most distinguished authors, educators and professional men.

Reverend Iowell's son, Judge John Iowell was responsible for the clause "All men are born free and equal" being written into the Constitution of Massachusetts. Another important clergyman of the church was Reverend Thomas Wentworth Higginson, friend of Theodore Parker and William Lloyd Garrison. According to church records, visitors to the First Religious Society included John Quincy Adams and Theodore Parker. Among the church's many distinguished parishioners were the eminent lawyer Theophilus Parsons, wealthy merchant Nathaniel Tracy and many others im- portant in Newburyport history such as Theophilus Bradbury and Colonel Edward Wigglesworth. The church is also proud of its 1834 organ built by Joseph Alley of Newburyport. An Act of Parliament clock of the 1790's hangs in the church, and the communion silver contains silver tankards dating from 1743 to 1805.

The baptismal bowl was created from silver dollars donated by parishioners and was made in 1804 by the famous Moulton firm of silversmiths of Newburyport.

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Coffin, Joshua. History of Newburyport. Currier, John J. History of Newouryport. Howells, John Mead Hull. Architectural Heritage of the Merrimack. Architectural Book Publishers, Inc., 1941. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ .6 acre UTM REFERENCES AL1,9/ 314,619,6,0 ZONE EASTING 14,714,412,8,0) NORTHING VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION BLJ LaLLil,Lir EASTING NORTHING ULLILLL JLLLu LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE - COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE ORGANIZATION Massachusetts Historical Commission STREET & NUMBER 294 Washington Street CITY OR TOWN Boston Rev. Bertrand H. Steeves, First Religious Society Judy D. Dobbs, National Register Editor and Howard H.

Fairweather, Newburyport Historical DATE February I1,, 197Commission TELEPHONE 617-727-8470 STATE Massachusetts 02108 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS NATIONAL - STATE_ LOCAL X As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). 1 hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE TITLE Elichah Reed Amadon Executive Diractor, Massachusetts Historical Commission DATE Febs.

13,1976 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY/S JNCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER BotThz DATE 42/% ATTEST: BRCOROUCEO HEOLOGY ANID MISTORI CPRESERVATION DATE 3-29-76 AcKEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTJA GPO 888-445 Property perty Ghurch of the finst Reliziaus wuch and Ponish Hall Society( Unitarian State mass. Working Number 2,24.

76,2599 Essey TECHNICAL CONTROL Photos _2 Maps OK 2 Talkedwith fudy Dobhs 3-11-26, OK'd nome chauge, h Rowland 3.12.76 Statement o icamce could be more expluct, but HISTORIAN preat beuldin tcepi 3/15/76 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Loßovat ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory - Review - KEVIEN UNECEE 3.17.76 BRANCH CHIEF aup Huno 3.83.76 KEEPER Accept Ketteo ffor Murtagt) 3-29-76 Entered APR 2 1976 IN T: 2106 - 74 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 5-4-76 Send-back Re-submit United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ( FEB 24 RECEIVED DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTI TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGR/ NAME HISTORIC AND/OR COMMON Church of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) Unitarian Church (FiRs Relizious Socicty Chunch & be LOCATION CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF COUNTY Newburyport PHOTO REFERENCE Esse PHOTO CREDIT William Lane DATE OF PHOTO 1 NEGATIVE FILED AT Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Southwest facade of church. Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NP FEB RECEIVI DATE ED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL RE TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHO1 1 NAME HISTORIC Church of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) AND/OR COMMON Unitarian Church FiasTReligioss Soriety Chunch and LOCATION CITY, TOWN Newburyport VICINITY OF COUNTY E PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT William Lane DATE OF PH NEGATIVE FILED AT Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyp IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Detail of main (south) facade of church. Restrictins View: Untauan 1974 - -MDT NE TUE MATIONAL REDISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONALPARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY FEB 24 1976 RECEIVED APR 2 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC Church of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) AND/OR COMMON Unitarian Church (ZiarT leligivs Socicty Chuch ano Parisk Aall) LOCATION CITY. TOWN Newburyport - VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex STATE MA PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT William Lane DATE OF PHOTO 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Interior of church, looking from balcony north toward altar. PHOTO NO 3 UNITARIAN CHURCH NEWBURYPORT, MASS: PROPERIY OF THE NATLONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY FEB 24 1976 RECEIVED DATE ENTERED APR 2 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH NAME HISTORIC Church of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) AND/OR COMMON Unitarian Church LOCATION CITY. TOWN Newburyport VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex STATE PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT William Lane DATE OF PHOTO 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Interior of church, looking south toward PHOTO NO entrance. MA 4 Paris" Hall IsT Religrous Socrety, Nemburypond Niass, PROPERTY OF TEE NATONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECERVEDA 1976 APR 2 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH 1976 NAME HISTORIC Church of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) AND/OR COMMON Unitarian Church LOCATION CITY, TOWN Newburyport 'RST Aelicious bciets Cheuch and bauish Hall _VICINITY OF COUNTY STATE Essex MA PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Unitarian Church DATE OF PHOTO 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO 5 Looking north at Parish Hall. Form No. 10-301 (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONALPARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM [FOR NPS USE ONLY RECÉIVED 1976 DATE ENTERED APR 2 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - ENCLOSE WITH MAP 2 3 4 NAME HISTORIC Church of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) AND/OR COMMON Unitarian Church LOCATION CITY. TOWN Newburyport -VICINITY OF MAP REFERENCE SOURCE USGS, Newburyport East Quadrangle SCALE 1:24000 DATE 1966 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES COUNTY Essex STATE MA Form No. 10-301 (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONILY RECEIVED APR 2 IDATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP 1976 1 NAME HISTORIC 2 3 4 Church of the First Religious Society (Unitarian) AND/OR COMMON Unitarian Church LOCATION CITY, TOWN Newburyport _VICINITY OF COUNTY Essex MAP REFERENCE SOURCE Newburyport Redevelopment Authority map SCALE 1" = 50' DATE 1970 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES STATE MA PODYTO TIRA TRE TET LIBEATATE CYETEL PAUL GUZZI Secretary of the Commonwealth The Commonwealch of Massachusetts Cffice of the Secretary Massachusetts Historical Commission 291 Mashington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 (617)727-8470 February 18, 1976 RECEIVED Mr.

Charles Herrington, Chief Registration National Register National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20240 FEB 24 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER Dear Charles: Enclosed please find two nomination forms for the following properties: 1:. Chicopee, Dwight Manufacturing Company Housing District 2. Newburyport, Unitarian Church and Parish Hall These properties have been voted eligible for submission by the Massachusetts Historical Commission (State Review Board) and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer, Elizabeth Reed Amadon. Sincerely yours, Patricia I. Weslowski Survey Director Massachusetts Historical Commission PLW/mw Enclosures ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE MASSACHUSETTS Date Entered APR 2 1976 Name First Religlous Society Church and Parish Hall Location Newburyport Essex County Also Notified Hn: Evard: eookdy Ion. Michael J.

Harrington Regional Director, North Atlantic Region IPR OTT:djb 4/8/76 State Hiatorie Presezvation Officer Mes. Elizabeth B. Anadon Esecutive Director, Nassachusetts Hlistorical Coundssion 294 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 INT: 2950-75 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET On&ME as it appears on federal register: OTHER NAMES: First Religious Society Church and Parish Hall Unitarian Church and Parish Hall 5)LG street & number / town vicinity of tate 26 Pleasant St. Newburyport MA 3) date of entry: 4-2-76 6NPS REGION: North Atlantic ) county code: 009 OWNE *PRIVATE OISTATE -MUNICIPAL -COUNTY OMULTiPLE CFEDERAL(agency name) ) EXISTING SURVEYS XIABS CHAER ONHL 10) FUNDED? DYES x NO 11)CONGRESS. DISTRICT 6th (12) SOURCE OF NOMINATION ATIONAL REGISI SEURTE HESTORTE county Essex ADMINISTRATOR: XXSTATE -FEDERAL if state who prepared form?

0.6 -LOCAL OPRIVATE ORGANIZATION 1CONDITION Xexcellent Dgood Ofair - deteriorated Zaltered Oruins Dunexposed Ounaltered Dreconstructed Ounexcavated Dexcavated 1ACCESS AYES-Restricted DYES -Unrestricted - No Access { AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : DENGINEERING-11 -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE-6 -ENTERTAINMENT-26 -ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 -AGRICULTURE -3 . - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 ZARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY - 13 -ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 Xoriginal site 17)features: ASUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 *SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 2 2OSUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 3 Omoved ONOT INTACT-O C NOT INTACT-O QONOT INTACT - O Ounknown WOUNKNOWN-4 WOUNKNOWN-5 >*UNKNOWN-6 20 NOT APPLICABLE-7 WO NOT APPLICABLE-8 GO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - Unknown 19 ADAPTIVE USE CYES XANO SAVED? DYES IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

DyesOno - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT." 21 -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain - LAW - 16 'first'O - RELIGION- 22 -SETTLEMENT-29 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 -URBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' O - MILITARY - 18 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 DOTHER (SPECIFY) - MUSIC - 19| - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 'only' D 2 functions dates of initial censtructigne/ WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: CHURCH major alterations 11813 -parisn hausch): ETHNIC GROUP ASSOCIATION CURRENTLY: CHURCH historic events: aarchitectural style(s): arohiteot! master builder: engineer: Federal itr.o. inothy alme -landscape architect / garden designer: " interior decorator: ,artis artisan: @builder/contractor: Joseph AHley-organbuülder NAMES give role & date PERSONAL: Jonn lowelt Ist tumister, of promuveut farily.

EVENTS: INSTITUTIONAL: @NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP FRAME, clapboardig, GRANITE FOUNDATION; 2 STORIES, RECTANGULAR, GABLED ROOT, INTER- IOR CHIMNEX, 3 FRONT CENTER EHTRANCES eACH WITH ARCHITRAUE, CeNTER ENTRANCE NITH PERIMENT AMD FANLIGHT IN SUGHTLY PROJECTING PAVILION WITH PALLADIAN WINDOW AND GABLE LUNETFE; SUMMOUNTING 4-STAGE BELL TOWER WITH ROUND- ARCHED OVEN BZLFRY, PINNACLES, 2-STAGE GLAZED OCTaGONDL LANIERN AUD FOLE SPIRE; REFINED INTERIOR WITH U-SHAPED GAULRRY ANO ELEVATEO PULPIF; ADJACENT PARISH HACL, 1813. EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF FEDERAL STYLING; CONGREGAMONK, FRST MINISTER WAS PENEREND JOAN LOWELL 6E PROMINENT LOWSLL FArALY. reviewers initials 9eoff date. 8.26 IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE