First Church on Town Hill, built in 1783

First Church on Town Hill, built in 1783

Item Information

Title:
First Church on Town Hill, built in 1783
Description:
First Church on Town Hill, built in 1783. Steeple designed by Charles Bulfinch and executed by Captain D. Goodwin, Jr. The mansion at the right was the parsonage built for the Rev. Jedediah Morse.
Collector:
Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:
1799
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Lantern slides
Location:
Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):
Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:
Congregational churches
First Church (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Extent:
1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:
Title from materials accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: Lithographed for Frothingham's "History of Charlestown" in 1846; but drawn in 1799.
Notes (ownership):
Courtesy of Mrs. Thomas G. Frothingham
Notes (historical):
Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:
CHA-151-C1