Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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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. |
Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
Roxbury Heritage State Park |
Particulars for First Church in Roxbury: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Criteria | Exemplar |
Architectural Style | Federal Style |
Area of Significance | Religion |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
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