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Timeline

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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1631/00/00 European settlers gather to worship in what is now John Eliot Square.
1632/11/05 Rev John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians Vocation John Eliot is ordained as the first teacher in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1804/00/00 The current Meetinghouse -- the 5th on this site -- is constructed, making the First Church in Roxbury the oldest surviving wood-frame church in Boston.
1833/00/00 E and GG Hook and Hastings Manufacturer A Hook and Hastings organ (Opus 1171. 39 ranks. 2,150 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 34 stops. 42 registers) is installed at the First Church in Roxbury. It was fully restored in 2022.

Places

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Roxbury Heritage State Park

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Particulars for First Church in Roxbury:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Federal Style
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property




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