Through its long history, the Second Church had some eight church buildings successively, located in various parts of Boston:[1][2]
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.[3][4] Building designed by N.J. Bradlee, in the gothic revival style.[5]
Chandler Robbins (1810–1882; minister 1833–1874)[2]
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)[1]
Image gallery
John Lathrop, minister 1768–1816
New Brick Church, Hanover St., Boston, c. 1838
Chandler Robbins, minister 1833–1874
Second Church, Audubon Circle, Beacon St., c. 1916
References
^ a bMassachusetts Historical Society. "Second Church (Boston, Mass.) Records, 1650–1970: Guide to the Collection".
^ a bChandler Robbins. A 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
^Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay
^A Church 250 Years Old; Ralph Waldo Emerson Was Its Pastor Seventy-five Years Ago. New York Times, November 20, 1899; p.3.
^Walter Muir Whitehill. The Making of an Architectural Masterpiece: The Boston Public Library. American Art Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Autumn, 1970).
Further reading
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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
"Second Church in Boston, Copley Sq". Digital Commonwealth. Retrieved June 17, 2022. Photograph taken between 1874 and 1914.