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Church of the Open Word (Newton, Massachusetts)

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Location
  
Newton, Massachusetts

NRHP Reference #
  
86001753

Added to NRHP
  
4 September 1986

Built
  
1893

Opened
  
1893

Church of the Open Word (Newton, Massachusetts)

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
United Parish of Auburndale, Beaver Brook Reservation, Jackson Homestead, Brae Burn Country Club, Crystal Lake

The Church of the Open Word is a historic Swedenborgian church building located at 19 Highland Avenue in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. The congregation was organized in 1860 and a wooden chapel was erected on the rear of this property. The stone Gothic Revival building was erected on the front of the property in 1893. The Swedenborgian Church of North America is headquartered here.

The building is a contributing property in the Newtonville Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986.

References

Church of the Open Word (Newton, Massachusetts) Wikipedia