First Parish Church of Dorchester
First Parish Dorchester is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It was founded by English Puritans who initially saw themselves as reformers rather than separatists, but increasingly intolerable conditions in England and at the urging of Reverend John White of Dorchester, Dorset, they emigrated to New England.Photo: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “First Church Dorchester”
- Address: 10 Parish Street, Dorchester, MA 02122
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Meeting House Hill and The Mather School.
Meeting House Hill
Peak
Meeting House Hill is one of the oldest sections of Boston's historic Dorchester neighborhood. It is the site of the First Parish Church and the Mather School, the oldest public elementary school in North America.
The Mather School
School
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The Mather School is the oldest public elementary school in North America. It is located in the Dorchester region of Boston, Massachusetts and was named after Richard Mather.
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Place of worship
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church, noted for its historic church at 14–16 Cushing Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is situated 3,000 feet north of First Parish Church of Dorchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Savin Hill and Uphams Corner.
Savin Hill
Neighborhood
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Savin Hill is a section of Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Named after the geographic feature it covers and surrounds, Savin Hill is about one square mile in area, and has a population of about 15,000 people.
Uphams Corner
Neighborhood
Uphams Corner, or Upham's Corner, is a commercial center in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The intersection of Dudley Street/Stoughton Street and Columbia Road is the heart of Uphams Corner, and one of Dorchester's main business districts.
Fields Corner
Neighborhood
Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630.
First Parish Church of Dorchester
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.30819° or 42° 18′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.06203° or 71° 3′ 43″ westOpen location code
87JC8W5Q+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 29715755OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q5453486
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