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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1689/06/25 Rev Samuel Myles (Miles) Vocation Samuel Miles (or Myles) is inducted as Rector of the Anglican Church, Boston. He will conduct his first service on June 30th.
1754/00/00 Peter Harrison Architect King's Chapel is built from 1749 to 1754.
1776/04/06 Dr Joseph Warren Memorial General Joseph Warren's Masonic funeral and second burial is held at King's Chapel. Battle of Bunker Hill
1783/04/21 Rev James Freeman Vocation James Freeman, a reader at King's Chapel, becomes the pastor of King's Chapel, Boston. Rev Freeman will serve here until about 1825.
1790/00/00 Martha Clarke Freeman Faith Every Sunday in summer, Martha Freeman is driven from Newton to Boston, between 6 and 7 miles, in an ancient carriage, to attend services at her husband's church, King's Chapel. During the three or four months of winter, the Freemans live in Boston.
1804/10/09 A fierce October tears the roof of King's Chapel and throws it 200 feet. New England's Storm of October 1804
1805/05/18 Rev James Freeman Vocation Reverend James Freeman solemnizes the nuptials of his stepson Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Hull.
1805/05/18 Rebecca Hull Clarke Bride Rebecca Hull, daughter of William Hull and Sarah Fuller Hull, marries Samuel Clarke.
1805/05/18 Samuel Clarke Groom Rebecca Hull, daughter of William Hull and Sarah Fuller Hull, marries Samuel Clarke.
1814/00/00 Paul Revere and Son Foundry The Revere Copper Company recast the King's Chapel bell. "the sweetest bell we ever made" - Paul Revere
1825/00/00 Charles Sumner Member About 1825, Charles Sumner begins attending services at King's Chapel in Boston.
1830/00/00 Samuel Appleton (merchant) Faith Appleton begins serving as a vestryman of King's Chapel, Boston. He will continue in this roll until 1840.
1837/09/25 Rev Ephraim Peabody Officiant In the early Monday evening, Ellen Sturgis marries Robert W Hooper at King's Chapel. Rev Ephraim Peabody, who that year is assisting the great Unitarian luminary William Ellery Channing at his nearby Federal Street Church, officiates at the ceremony.
1837/09/25 Ellen Sturgis Hooper Bride In the early Monday evening, Ellen Sturgis marries Robert W Hooper at King's Chapel. Rev Ephraim Peabody, who that year is assisting the great Unitarian luminary William Ellery Channing at his nearby Federal Street Church, officiates at the ceremony.
1837/09/25 Robert William Hooper Groom In the early Monday evening, Ellen Sturgis marries Robert W Hooper at King's Chapel. Rev Ephraim Peabody, who that year is assisting the great Unitarian luminary William Ellery Channing at his nearby Federal Street Church, officiates at the ceremony.
1845/00/00 Rev Ephraim Peabody Vocation Rev Ephraim Peabody becomes pastor of King's Chapel, Boston. He will serve here until 1856.
1850/04/25 Louis Agassiz Groom Elizabeth Cabot Cary marries Louis Agassiz Marriage of Elizabeth Cabot Cary and Louis Agassiz
1850/04/25 Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz Bride Elizabeth Cabot Cary marries Louis Agassiz Marriage of Elizabeth Cabot Cary and Louis Agassiz
1855/00/00 William Morris Hunt Groom Rev Ephraim Peabody Jr officiates the marriage ceremony of Louise Dumaresq Perkins to William Morris Hunt in the King's Chapel in Boston. Marriage of Louise Dumaresq Perkins and William Morris Hunt
1855/00/00 Rev Ephraim Peabody Officiant Rev Ephraim Peabody Jr officiates the marriage ceremony of Louise Dumaresq Perkins to William Morris Hunt in the King's Chapel in Boston. Marriage of Louise Dumaresq Perkins and William Morris Hunt
1855/00/00 Louisa Dumaresq Hunt Bride Rev Ephraim Peabody Jr officiates the marriage ceremony of Louise Dumaresq Perkins to William Morris Hunt in the King's Chapel in Boston. Marriage of Louise Dumaresq Perkins and William Morris Hunt
1858/10/27 Charles W Eliot Groom Ellen Derby Peabody marries Charles William Eliot in Boston at Kings Chapel.
1858/10/27 Charles W Eliot Groom Ellen Derby Eliot marries Charles William Eliot in Boston at Kings Chapel. Marriage of Ellen D Peabody and Charles W Eliot
1858/10/27 Ellen Derby Peabody Eliot Bride Ellen Derby Eliot marries Charles William Eliot in Boston at Kings Chapel. Marriage of Ellen D Peabody and Charles W Eliot
1861/12/22 Henry Wilder Foote Vocation Henry Wilder Foote is ordained as minister of King's Chapel. Although the Chapel took no position on the issue of slavery until the Civil War was declared, Rev Foote and the congregation as a whole participated in Reconstruction efforts.
1868/00/00 King's Chapel raises money for the education of freedmen in the south, supporting such institutions as the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, the Calhoun Colored School, and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
1905/00/00 Margaret Nichols Shurcliff Bride Margaret Nichols marries Arthur Ashael Shurcliff at King's Chapel in Boston in 1905 and had six children. Marriage of Margaret Nichols and Arthur Ashael Shurcliff
1905/00/00 Arthur Shurcliff Groom Margaret Nichols marries Arthur Ashael Shurcliff at King's Chapel in Boston in 1905 and had six children. Marriage of Margaret Nichols and Arthur Ashael Shurcliff

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston

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Particulars for King's Chapel, Boston:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 74002045
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Harrison,Peter
Architectural Style: Georgian
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1749, 1754
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

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