26. Church of the Disciples, 190 Warren Ave. (1869)
James Freeman Clarke founded this congregation in 1841. After this church building was built, Clarke called it "the
home of his soul". Julia Ward Howe was a member here. Present use: Concord Baptist Church.
27. UU Urban Ministry (Benevolent Fraternity), 110 Arlington St.
Founded in 1834, the Fraternity is an association of fifty-one greater Boston UU churches serving the community
through a variety of service programs.
28. Theodore Parker Memorial Hall, 49 Berkeley St. (1872-1873
Built for the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society, founded by Theodore Parker in 1845.
The Society dissolved in 1889. Since then the building has been known as the Magna Building and the Berkeley Center.
Present use: apartments and commercial space.
29. Arlington Street Church, 355 Boylston St. (1859-1861)
The Federal Street Church changed its name to the Arlington Street
Church when it moved here.
This was the first building in the Back Bay. A statue of William Ellery
Channing stands on the edge of the
Public Garden, facing the Arlington Street Church.
30. Community Church, 565 Boylston St.
Boston's well-known "forum" church since 1920.
31. Universalist Publishing House, 176 Newbury St.
The Publishing House is now part of Beacon Press.
Present use: commercial space.
32. Bethany Union, 256 Newbury St.
Established by Universalists in 1889 as a home-away-from-home
for young working women and students.
33. First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough St. (1867, 1971)
First Church (1630) and Second Church (1649) joined in 1970, after
fire severely damaged the First Church building in 1968. Fragments of
the 1867
building remain in this unique design.
34. Brattle Square Church, Commonwealth Ave. at Clarendon St.
(1870-1872)
Originally built for the Brattle Square congregation by Henry H.
Richardson. Known
as "The Church of the Holy Bean Blowers", it is now First Baptist
Church.
35. Statue of Edward Everett Hale, Public Gardens
Hale was the leading Unitarian minister and writer in Boston at the
turn of
this century, and author of The Man Without a Country.
40. Charles Street Meeting House, 70 Charles St. (1804)
Asher Benjamin designed this building for a Baptist congregation. It
became a center of abolitionist
activity in the mid-nineteenth century. From 1949 to 1979 it was a UU
church. Present use: office and commercial space.
