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or Old North, in Boston: to which is added a History of the New Brick Church. Boston: John Wilson & Son, 1852 * North Square (1649–1776). In 1677 a new building replaced the old. * Hanover Street (1779–1849). In 1779 the Second Church merged with the New Brick Church, and moved into the New Brick's building on Hanover St. In 1845 a new building replaced the old. * Bedford Street (1854–1872) * Copley Square (1874–1914), on Boylston Street, between Dartmouth and Clarendon. Building designed by N.J. Bradlee, in the gothic revival style.Walter Muir Whitehill. The Making of an Architectural Masterpiece: The Boston Public Library. American Art Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Autumn, 1970). * 874 Beacon Street, at Park Drive (1914–1970). Building designed by Ralph Adams Cram, now home to Ruggles Baptist Church.
File:Portrait of Reverend John Lathrop (1740-1816), Pastor of Old North Church, Boston.jpg , John Lathrop, minister 1768–1816
File:NewBrickChurch Bowen PictureOfBoston 1838.png, New Brick Church, Hanover St., Boston, c. 1838
File:ChandlerRobbins Boston.png, Chandler Robbins, minister 1833–1874
File:2ndChurch AudubonCircle Boston.png, Second Church, Audubon Circle, Beacon St., c. 1916
''The Second Church in Boston
commemorative services held on the completion of two hundred and fifty years since its foundation, 1649–1899''. Boston: The Society, 1900.
The Second Church (1649–1970) in Boston
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, was first a Congregational church, and then beginning in 1802, a Unitarian church. The congregation occupied a number of successive locations around town, including North Square
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, Hanover Street, Copley Square, and the Fenway. Ministers included Michael Powell
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, Increase Mather
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, Cotton Mather, and Ralph Waldo Emerson
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. In 1970 it merged with Boston's First Church.
History
Buildings
Through its long history, the Second Church had some eight church buildings successively, located in various parts of Boston:Chandler RobbinsA history of the Second Church
or Old North, in Boston: to which is added a History of the New Brick Church. Boston: John Wilson & Son, 1852 * North Square (1649–1776). In 1677 a new building replaced the old. * Hanover Street (1779–1849). In 1779 the Second Church merged with the New Brick Church, and moved into the New Brick's building on Hanover St. In 1845 a new building replaced the old. * Bedford Street (1854–1872) * Copley Square (1874–1914), on Boylston Street, between Dartmouth and Clarendon. Building designed by N.J. Bradlee, in the gothic revival style.Walter Muir Whitehill. The Making of an Architectural Masterpiece: The Boston Public Library. American Art Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Autumn, 1970). * 874 Beacon Street, at Park Drive (1914–1970). Building designed by Ralph Adams Cram, now home to Ruggles Baptist Church.
Ministers
;17th–18th centuries * John Mayo (minister 1655–1673) *Increase Mather
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(minister 1664–1723)
* Cotton Mather (minister 1685–1728)
* Joshua Gee (minister 1723–1748)
* Samuel Mather (minister 1732–1741)
* Samuel Checkley Jr. (minister 1747–1768)
* John Lathrop (minister 1768–1816)
;19th century
* Henry Ware Jr. (minister 1817–1830)
* Ralph Waldo Emerson
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(junior minister 1829–1832)
* Chandler Robbins (1810–1882; minister 1833–1874)
* Robert Laird Collier (minister 1876–1878)
* Edward Augustus Horton (minister 1880–1892)
* Thomas Van Ness (minister 1893–1913)
;20th century
* Samuel Raymond Maxwell (minister 1914–1919)
* Eugene Rodman Shippen (minister 1920–1929)
* Dudley Hays Ferrell (minister 1931–1932)
* DuBois LeFevre (minister 1933–1940)
* Walton E. Cole (minister 1941–1945)
* G. Ernest Lynch Jr. (minister 1947–1949)
* Clayton Brooks Hale (minister 1950–1957)
* John Nicholls Booth (minister 1958–1964)
* John K. Hammon (minister 1964–1970)
Image gallery
References
Further reading
''The Second Church in Boston
commemorative services held on the completion of two hundred and fifty years since its foundation, 1649–1899''. Boston: The Society, 1900.
External links
* Photograph taken between 1874 and 1914. {{Coord, 42.347, N, 71.105, W, display=title Former buildings and structures in Boston 1649 establishments in Massachusetts 1970 disestablishments in Massachusetts History of Boston Churches in Boston North End, Boston Copley Square