Original Congregational Church of Wrentham

The Original Congregational Church of Wrentham is a historic church in Wrentham, Massachusetts. The present church is a Greek Revival structure built in 1834 for a congregation (Wrentham's first) formed in 1692. The church, which occupies a prominent position in the center of Wrentham, has a four-stage tower (rebuilt after the New England Hurricane of 1938), and a tetrastyle Doric portico. The building underwent a modernizing renovation in 1878, at which time many of the windows were modified to have rounded tops; many of these changes were reversed during renovations in the 1950s.[2]

Original Congregational Church of Wrentham
Original Congregational Church of Wrentham is located in Massachusetts
Original Congregational Church of Wrentham
Original Congregational Church of Wrentham is located in the United States
Original Congregational Church of Wrentham
Location1 East and 22 Dedham Streets,
Wrentham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°4′1″N 71°19′39″W / 42.06694°N 71.32750°W / 42.06694; -71.32750
Built1834
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.14000694[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 2014

The church building was listed the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

The early church records burned in the house of its first minister, Samuel Man, on October 26, 1699.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Original Congregational Church of Wrentham". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  3. ^ Sibley, John Langdon (1881). Sibley's Harvard Graduates: Biographical Sketches of Those who Attended Harvard College ... with Bibliographical and Other Notes. 1659-1677. Massachusetts Historical Society. pp. 191–193. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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