All Souls Church, Braintree

Name: All Souls Church
Address: 196 Elm St, Braintree, 02184, United States
Telephone: +1 781-843-1388

#3 among attractions in Braintree

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All Souls Church, also known as All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Braintree, is a church on the National Register of Historic Places, it is located at 196 Elm Street in Braintree, Massachusetts. The building is a large fieldstone structure, in a cruciform plan with a square tower that has a crenellated top. The gable ends are decorated with bargeboard, and the entrance is set under a gabled entry porch below a large window with Gothic tracery. The church was designed by Boston architect Edwin Lewis and built in 1905 for a congregation organized in 1900; it is Braintree's first stone church building. Land for the building was donated by George O. Wales, a leading force in uniting Braintree's Unitarian and Universalist congregations. ()

Built: 1904 (120 years ago)Coordinates: 42°13'24"N, 71°0'3"W

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196 Elm StBraintree (East Braintree)Braintree 02184 United States

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