Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1809/05/01 | Peter Banner | Architect | Cornerstone of Park Street Church is laid. Designed by Peter Banner, construction is completed by the end of the year under the leadership chief mason Benajah Young and carpenter Solomon Willard. | |||
1809/05/01 | Solomon Willard | Woodcarver | Cornerstone of Park Street Church is laid. Designed by Peter Banner, construction is completed by the end of the year under the leadership chief mason Benajah Young and carpenter Solomon Willard. | |||
1826/00/00 | Edward Beecher | Vocation | Rev Edward Beecher, the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, becomes pastor of Park Street Church. | |||
1829/00/00 | Lowell Mason | Vocation | Notable composer, Lowell Mason, works as choirmaster and organist at Park Street Church from 1829 to 1831. | |||
1829/07/04 | William Lloyd Garrison | Vocation | William Lloyd Garrison gives his "Address to the Colonization Society" at Park Street, his first major public statement against slavery. | Slavery In America | ||
1831/07/04 | Lowell Mason | Performer | Lowell Mason debuts Samuel Francis Smith's "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as America, during a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church, Boston. | |||
1831/07/04 | Rev Samuel Francis Smith | Lyricist | Lowell Mason debuts Samuel Francis Smith's "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as America, during a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church, Boston. |
Particulars for Park Street Church: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Building Type | Church |
Area Of Significance | Music |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
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