Rev Phillips Brooks

  • American


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1862/00/00 Phillips Brooks serves as rector of Church of the Holy Trinity from 1862 to 1869 Rector Church of the Holy Trinity Philadelphia, PA
1868/00/00 Phillips Brooks writes the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem". Author Church of the Holy Trinity Philadelphia, PA
1869/07/00 After completing a highly successful 8 year ministry at Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, Phillips Brooks is selected as rector of Trinity Church in Boston. He will serve here until 1893. Home Trinity Rectory, Boston Boston
1870/12/05 The Proprietors of Trinity Church (lost) on Summer Street at Bishops Alley, make the decision acquire a new location and build a new church, provided the current property can be sold and a new location secured. Vocation Filene's Department Store Boston
1872/01/01 The Proprietors of Trinity Church buy a rectangular lot located on the east side of Copley Square for $105,000. Situated in Boston's Back Bay area, the newly developed residential area is comprised of filled-in land. Vocation Trinity Church, Boston Boston
1875/05/20 Phillips Brooks lays the cornerstone for the new Trinity Church. The arches and vault will be completed by July 26. Rector, Contributing Architect Trinity Church, Boston Boston
1877/02/09 Trinity Church is dedicated. Cost of construction including the piling and interior work was about $456,000, total cost of the project with land acquisition included was about $635,000. Rector Trinity Church, Boston Boston
1890/00/00 Helen Keller receives religious instruction from Phillips Brooks at Trinity Church. Minister Trinity Church, Boston Boston
1891/11/17 Bishop Phillips Brooks preaches to an overflow congregation at opening session of Church Congress of Maryland at Church of the Epiphany. Vocation Church of the Epiphany Washington, DC
1900/01/23 Phillips Brooks House opens, built in the memory of the Reverend Phillips Brooks, to serve the ideal of piety, charity, and hospitality In Memoriam Phillips Brooks House, Harvard U Cambridge, MA
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