The First Unitarian Church is a historic church in

Peabody, Massachusetts Peabody () is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 54,481 at the time of the 2020 United States census. Peabody is located in the North Shore (Massachusetts), North Shore region of Massachusetts, and is known ...

. The wood-frame church was built in 1826, when the area was known as South Danvers. The front facade has a projecting rounded entrance hall decorated with pilasters and a heavily bracketed cornice. The main part of the facade also has pilasters rising to a pedimented gable that has large-scale

dentil A dentil (from Lat. ''dens'', a tooth) is a small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice. Dentils are found in ancient Greek and Roman architecture, and also in later styles such as Neoclassical, Federal, Georgian Rev ...

molding. The side walls have six lancet-style windows. The tower, which lacks a steeple, has quoined corners, and molding on the cornice of its roofline that matches that of the main roof. The church building was listed on the

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in 1989. It has been converted to condominiums.

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Unitarian Universalist churches in Massachusetts Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Churches in Essex County, Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Peabody, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts History of Peabody, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-church-stub

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