Old South Church (properly Old South Church in Boston; built 1874) is a church of the United Church of Christ in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Its present building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears, completed in 1873, and amplified by the architects Allen & Collens 1935–1937. The church, which was built on newly filled land in the Back Bay section of Boston, is located at 645 Boylston Street on Copley Square. It is home to one of the older religious communities in the United States and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. It is also known as New Old South.
Read more about Old South Church: History of The Congregation, Architecture, Decorative Arts, The Organ, Senior Ministers of Old South Church
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