First Church of Woburn

First Church of Woburn
First Church of Woburn
Location Woburn, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°28′43″N 71°9′9″W / 42.47861°N 71.15250°W / 42.47861; -71.15250Coordinates: 42°28′43″N 71°9′9″W / 42.47861°N 71.15250°W / 42.47861; -71.15250
Built 1860
Built by D. Tilson & Son
Architect John Stevens
Architectural style Italianate, Romanesque
NRHP reference #

91001898

[1]
Added to NRHP January 6, 1992

The First Church of Woburn is a historic nondenominational Christian church in the center of the city of Woburn, Massachusetts at the address 322 Main Street. The congregation, established in 1642, is one of the oldest in the United States, and its church building (the sixth for the congregation) is a local landmark. The Italianate-style church was built in 1860, and its 196-foot (60 m) steeple is believed to be the tallest wooden steeple in North America.[2] The church is home to a historic E&GG Hook pipe organ,[3] dating to the time of the church's construction.[4]

The church building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992.[1] The congregation was originally Puritan, as were all acknowledged churches in Massachusetts at the time, and was later affiliated with the United Church of Christ in the early 20th century until resigning the denomination in the late 1980s. It is now declared nondenominational in the evangelical tradition but did not drop the Congregational designation from its name until 2018.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for First Church of Woburn". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  3. ↑ "OHS Database: Instrument Details". Organ Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  4. ↑ "History and Downloads". First Congregational Church. Retrieved 2014-02-22.


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