Location Salem, Massachusetts Denomination Unitarian Universalism Website firstchurchinsalem.org Opened 1836 Architect Solomon Willard | Country United States Previous denomination Puritanism Completed 1836 Phone +1 978-744-1551 | |
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Address 316 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA Architectural type Gothic Revival architecture Similar US Custom House, Ropes Mansion, Gulu‑Gulu Cafe, The Witch House, Salem Athenaeum | ||
First Church in Salem (officially known as the First Church in Salem, Unitarian Universalist) is a Unitarian Universalist church in Salem, Massachusetts that was designed by Solomon Willard and built in 1836. The congregation claims to be "one of the oldest continuing Protestant churches in North America and the first to be governed by congregational polity, a central feature of Unitarian Universalism".
Thomas Treadwell Stone became minister of the church on July 12, 1846. In December 1851, the Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society held their annual general meeting at the church. For twelve years, Charles Wentworth Upham was minister of the church. Grace Parker commissioned a stained-glass window for the church in dedication to her late husband, George Swinnerton Parker of Parker Brothers fame, and their two sons.