Old South Church

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:church
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces October 15, 1970
gptkbp:address 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:United_Church_of_Christ
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Willard_T._Sears
gptkb:Charles_Amos_Cummings
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Gothic_Revival
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Boston_Marathon_(blessing_of_the_athletes)
abolitionist movement
gptkbp:category National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
Churches in Boston
Gothic Revival church buildings in Massachusetts
gptkbp:completedIn 1875
gptkbp:congregationFounded 1669
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:United_Church_of_Christ
gptkbp:founded 1669
gptkbp:hasCongregation gptkb:Old_South_Congregational_Society
gptkbp:hasSpire 1
gptkbp:hasTower 246 feet
gptkbp:heritageDesignation gptkb:Boston_Landmark
National Historic Landmark
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Old South Church
gptkbp:location gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:material gptkb:Roxbury_puddingstone
gptkb:stone
gptkbp:notableEvent Boston Tea Party planning meetings
gptkbp:notableFeature Campanile (bell tower)
Venetian Gothic architecture
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Samuel_Adams
Benjamin Franklin (baptized here)
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 70000692
gptkbp:organization gptkb:E._M._Skinner_organ
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Back_Bay_Historic_District
gptkbp:president Rev. John Edgerton (as of 2024)
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Copley_Station_(MBTA_Green_Line)
gptkbp:roofType slate
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 700
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:worship
community events
concerts
weddings
gptkbp:website https://www.oldsouth.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Back_Bay
gptkb:Congregationalism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4