Downtown in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Congregational House

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 14, 2021

1. Congregational House Marker

Inscription.

The primary purpose of this building, the property of the American Congregational Association is to provide housing for Congregational Societies and other religious and charitable organizations: it is the fifth home of the Congregational Library. The building was dedicated on December 21, 1898 to the lasting ideals lived by those first Congregationalists to settle on American shores.

The carvings above represent four of those ideals:
Rule under law by consent of the governed
The signing of the Mayflower Compact, 1620

Worship according to conscience
The first sabbath on Clark’s Island, 1620

Education for leadership
Act of the General Court of Massachusetts appropriating funds for a “schoole or colledge,” Harvard, 1636

Community witness
The Apostle Eliot preaching among the Indians.
1646

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Civil Rights • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is December 21, 1898.

Location. 42° 21.479′ N, 71° 3.743′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Downtown. Marker is on Beacon Street east of Bowdoin Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boston MA 02108, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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are within walking distance of this marker. Chester Harding House (a few steps from this marker); Boston Athenaeum (a few steps from this marker); Mary Dyer (within shouting distance of this marker); John Foster Williams (within shouting distance of this marker); Grand Army of the Republic in Massachusetts (within shouting distance of this marker); General Joseph Hooker (within shouting distance of this marker); Beacon Hill (within shouting distance of this marker); Arrival of the Frigate Arbella (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.

Congregational House and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 14, 2021

2. Congregational House and Marker

Congregational House entryway inscription image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 14, 2021

3. Congregational House entryway inscription

This inscription is for the 1853 foundation of the American Congregational Association.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, June 14, 2021

4. Congregational House entryway inscription

This inscription is for the 1897 construction of the Congregational House.

<i>Congregational House</i> image. Click for full size.

Baldwin Coolidge (courtesy of Historic New England), May 2, 1904

5. Congregational House

"View of the front facade of Congregational House, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass., designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Ruttan, and Coolidge. The building is on the National Register of Historical Places."

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 29, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. 5. submitted on June 29, 2021.