Arlington Street Church (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1730-1979
About this Collection
- Creator
- Arlington Street Church (Boston, Mass.)
- Collection Title
- Arlington Street Church (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1730-1979
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Massachusetts
- Description
- 52 boxes.
- Repository
- Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University
- Subjects
Content Notes
Records of the Arlington Street Church and its predecessor the Federal Street Church. General correspondence, 1805-1879; general church records, 1734-1952; yearbooks, 1865-1915; committee minutes, including Proprietors and Prudential; parish lists, 1824-1960; marriages, funerals, and christenings; Sunday School records; pew records; and financial records, 1805-1954. There are also papers relating to the construction of the church building on Arlington Street.
Biographical Notes
Unitarian Universalist church. Founded in 1729 by Irish immigrants who used a presbyterian form of church government. In 1786 it adopted a congregational polity. Known first as "the Presbyterian Church in Long Lane" and later as the Federal Street Church. In 1862 the church moved to a new building on Arlington Street in the Back Bay section of Boston, and its name became the Arlington Street Church.