Old South Church

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United Church of Christ congregation church building historic church landmark

Old South Church is a historic United Church of Christ congregation in Boston renowned for its distinctive Venetian Gothic architecture and prominent role in American religious and civic life.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Church of Christ congregation → church building → historic church → landmark →
affiliation	Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ →
alsoKnownAs	New Old South Church →
architect	Charles Amos Cummings NERFINISHED → Willard T. Sears NERFINISHED →
architecturalStyle	Gothic Revival → Venetian Gothic →
associatedWithEvent	Boston Marathon interfaith services →
buildingMaterial	Roxbury puddingstone → sandstone →
city	Boston →
congregationMovedFrom	Old South Meeting House →
country	United States →
currentBuildingCompleted	1875 →
denomination	United Church of Christ →
foundedAsCongregation	1669 →
governingBody	United Church of Christ →
hasFeature	campanile tower → hammerbeam roof → large pipe organ → polychrome masonry → stained glass windows →
hasMinistry	Christian education → homeless outreach → music ministry → social justice ministry →
hasWebsite	https://www.oldsouth.org/ →
heritage	Congregational →
languageOfWorship	English →
locatedIn	Boston → Massachusetts → United States →
nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesListing	1970 →
nationalRegisterStatus	National Historic Landmark →
neighborhood	Back Bay →
openAndAffirmingStatus	yes →
originalCongregationName	Third Church in Boston →
predecessorBuilding	Old South Meeting House →
publicTransitAccess	near Copley station →
roleInCivicLife	center for civic engagement in Boston →
roleInHistory	important site in American religious history →
state	Massachusetts →
streetAddress	645 Boylston Street →
worshipStyle	Reformed →
yearDesignatedNationalHistoricLandmark	1970 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old South Church ("New Old South Church") →	alsoKnownAs
Old South Meeting House ("Old South Church congregation") →	builtFor
Boylston Street, Boston →	hasLandmark
Copley Square →	hasNearbyLandmark
William Dawes ("Old South Church, Boston") →	memberOf
Copley station →	nearbyLandmark