Rev Phillips Brooks
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 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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