First Unitarian Church (Peabody, Massachusetts)

The First Unitarian Church is a historic church in Peabody, Massachusetts. The wood-frame church was built in 1826, when the area was known as South Danvers. The front facade has a projecting rounded entrance hall decorated with pilasters and a heavily bracketed cornice. The main part of the facade also has pilasters rising to a pedimented gable that has large-scale dentil molding. The side walls have six lancet-style windows. The tower, which lacks a steeple, has quoined corners, and molding on the cornice of its roofline that matches that of the main roof.[2]

First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church (Peabody, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
First Unitarian Church (Peabody, Massachusetts)
First Unitarian Church (Peabody, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
First Unitarian Church (Peabody, Massachusetts)
Location7 Park Street,
Peabody, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′28″N 70°55′38″W / 42.52444°N 70.92722°W / 42.52444; -70.92722
Built1872
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.88001091[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It has been converted to condominiums.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for First Unitarian Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-20.