Society of the Congregational Church of Great Barrington

Society of the Congregational Church of Great Barrington
Congregational Church in c. 1910, built ca. 1882
Location Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°11′43″N 73°21′41″W / 42.19528°N 73.36139°WCoordinates: 42°11′43″N 73°21′41″W / 42.19528°N 73.36139°W
Built 1883
Architect Brocklesby,William C.; Et al.
Architectural style Romanesque
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

92000999

[1]
Added to NRHP August 20, 1992

Society of the Congregational Church of Great Barrington (also known as First Congregational Church of Great Barrington) is an historic church building and parish house located at 241 and 251 Main Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It is the fourth church of a congregation whose first meetings were held in 1743.

History

In 1743 the congregation was founded by Samuel Hopkins, an early proponent of the theology of New Divinity. In 1883 the current stone church building was completed after a fire destroyed most of the previous structure, which had been built of locally quarried stone in 1859. In 1883 the congregation also accepted the donation by the Hopkins family of a house to be used as a parish hall. This building, also faced in local stone, was designed by Peabody & Stearns, and was previously located across the street from the church before being moved to its present location next to the church.[2]

In the 1880s the church sponsored congregant W. E. B. Du Bois as he attended Fisk University. In 1992 the church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Notable congregants

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for the Society of the Congregational Church of Great Barrington". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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