Second Church, Boston

Second Church, Boston is a church, located at Boston, Massachusetts

The Second Church in Boston, Massachusetts, was first a Congregational church, and then beginning in 1802, a Unitarian church. The congregation occupied a number of successive locations around town, including North Square, Hanover Street, Copley Square, and the Fenway. Ministers included Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In 1970 it merged with Boston's First Church.HistoryBuildingsThrough its long history, the Second Church had some eight church buildings successively, located in various parts of Boston: North Square . In 1677 a new building replaced the old. Hanover Street . In 1779 the Second Church merged with the New Brick Church, and moved into the New Brick's building on Hanover St. In 1845 a new building replaced the old. Bedford Street Copley Square, on Boylston Street, between Dartmouth and Clarendon. Building designed by N.J. Bradlee, in the gothic revival style. 874 Beacon Street, at Park Drive . Building designed by Ralph Adams Cram, now home to Ruggles Baptist Church.