Church on the Hill (Lenox, Massachusetts)

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Location Main St. NRHP Reference # 82001894 Added to NRHP 30 September 1982		Nearest city Lenox, Massachusetts Phone +1 413-637-1001

Address 55 Main St, Lenox, MA 01240, USA Similar Trinity Episcopal Church, Congregational Church of West Stoc, Ventfort Hall Mansion, Belvoir Terrace Summer, Lenox Library

The Church on the Hill is a historic church located at 55 Main Street in Lenox, Massachusetts. It is a Congregational church belonging to the United Church of Christ, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The church was built in 1805 by architect and builder Benjamin D. Goodrich of Richmond, Massachusetts, based on a design by Asher Benjamin. It was dedicated on January 1, 1806. Its total cost was $6,619.00 including furnishings. The church was erected on land near the earlier Meeting House (built 1770), which it replaced.

The current pastor is Pastor John A. Nelson.

Ministers

1770-1793 Rev. Samuel Munson

1795-1846 Rev. Samuel Shepard, D.D.

1846-1854 Rev. Henry Neill

1854-1859 Rev. Edmund K. Alden

1860-1865 Rev. Reuben S. Kendall

1872-1873 Rev. Samuel H. Tolman

1874-1880 Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst

1880-1889 Rev. R. DeWitt Mallary

1890-1898 Rev. Edward Day

1899-1904 Rev. Frederick Lynch

1904-1907 Rev. Clayton J. Potter

References

Church on the Hill (Lenox, Massachusetts) Wikipedia

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