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Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

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For several years after the American Revolution, the church stood empty. In the later years of the eighteenth century the church was re-opened as an Episcopal Church and has remained so. The original chapel was expanded in 1857 to accommodate a larger congregation and to help raise funds for the
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After departing Christ Church, he began teaching a mission class in Cambridge's poorest section: McCullough, David (1982) Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt Paperback. New York. Simon &
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church by expanding pew rental income. The church was dramatically redecorated in 1883, but it was restored to its original simplicity in 1920.
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Christ Church, 1759–61, ca. 1895–1905. Archive of Photographic Documentation of Early Massachusetts Architecture, Boston Public Library.
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Christ Church was attacked by dissenting colonials for its Tory leanings, but it was also the site of a prayer service which
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across Cambridge Common. The church's first rector was East Apthorp, and most of the founding members lived along the nearby
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in Boston, and is one of a small number of surviving buildings attributable to him. It is built in
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The Georgian Period: Being Photographs and Measured Drawings of Colonial Work with Text
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American Guide Series: Massachusetts - A Guide to Its Places and People, p. 194.
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who lived in Cambridge to have a church closer to their homes and to provide
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Christ Church
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To the east adjacent to the church at the corner of Garden Street and
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 1967 and 1975
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Christ Church has a long history of social activism, supporting the
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Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
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National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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attended while quartered in the nearby mansion now known as
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Patricia Heintzelman and Charles Snell (October 10, 1975)
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as one of the few buildings unambiguously attributable to
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The church was designed by noted colonial era architect
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National Historic Landmarks in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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The congregation was founded in 1759 by members of the
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List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
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Christ Church (disambiguation)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts
42°22′31.0″N 71°7′14.0″W / 42.375278°N 71.120556°W / 42.375278; -71.120556
Georgian
Cambridge Common Historic District
ID73000281
66000140
Cambridge, Massachusetts
parish
Episcopal
Diocese of Massachusetts
National Historic Landmark
Peter Harrison
King's Chapel
Church of England
Harvard College
Tory Row
Brattle Street
Peter Harrison
King's Chapel
Georgian style
Boston Harbor
American Revolution

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