First Universalist Church (Provincetown, Massachusetts)

Coordinates: 42°3′3″N 70°11′17″W / 42.05083°N 70.18806°W / 42.05083; -70.18806
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Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown
First Universalist Church (Provincetown, Massachusetts) is located in Cape Cod
First Universalist Church (Provincetown, Massachusetts)
LocationProvincetown, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°3′3″N 70°11′17″W / 42.05083°N 70.18806°W / 42.05083; -70.18806
Built1847
ArchitectWendte, Carl; Hallet, Benjamin
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Part ofProvincetown Historic District (ID89001148)
NRHP reference No.72000122[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1972
Designated CPAugust 30, 1989

The Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown is an historic church at 236 Commercial Street in

Benjamin Hallett, for a congregation that had been established in 1829. It is a massive post and beam timber-frame construction, and was originally built without the tower. The tower, which is telescopic in form, with Greek ornamentation, is the only surviving steeple in Provincetown, and is a landmark for seafarers.[2]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972,[1] and included in the Provincetown Historic District in 1989.[2] It is now called the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House.

egg tempera
by Carl Wendt in 1847

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for First Universalist Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-26.