Place: First Church of Roxbury
Address: John Eliot Square
Neighborhood: Roxbury
On November 19 and 20, 2013, I took pictures in Roxbury. John Eliot Square is the historic center of Roxbury -- and in this area is the First Church of Roxbury!
To visit, ride bus route 14 or 41 to John Eliot Square. Or ride any bus route along Malcolm X Boulevard and walk down to John Eliot Square.
"The oldest wood frame church in Boston, this 1804 structure is the fifth meetinghouse on this site since the first church was built in 1632. The architect, William Blaney, was a church member and housewright. The land around it is a fragment of the original Roxbury town common. Its most famous pastor was Reverend John Eliot (1604-1690), the missionary to the Algonquin Indians. Due to Eliot's work, First Church in Roxbury was one of only three churches in the Puritan Massachusetts era to admit Native Americans as full members."
To learn more about the First Church of Roxbury:
http://www.uuum.org/?page_id=638
http://forthillhistory.tumblr.com/post/11976292417/history-of-the-first-church-of-roxbury-1630-1904
