Highlights : Religion : Meeting houses / Churches

Subcategory Meeting houses / Churches contains 10 item(s).

	Interior of the First Church of Deerfield c. 1910 1996.14.0658 Built in 1824, outside the central common in Deerfield, Massachusetts, this was the fifth meeting house and the first to be used "solely for worship," and not also for town meetings.
	First Church of Deerfield Interior 1915-1920 1996.14.1729 The lack of ornament, the box pews, and the dominance of the pulpit are all reminders of the colonial time period in the 1920 refurbishing of the Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1824 meeting house during the Colonial Revival.
	Holy Name of Jesus Church c. 1929 1997.08.01.0033 The Holy Name of Jesus Church, founded in 1929 in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, is a member of the Polish National Catholic Church of America.
	St. James / Monument Church 1911 1997.08.01.0034 The Monument Church building dates from 1848 and was originally a Congregational Church named "Monument" because of its location next to the historical 1675 Bloody Brook Battle Monument.
	Fourth Meeting House (1729-1824) c. 1830 2000.03.500 Nathaniel Hitchcock (1812-1900) drew from memory the Fourth Meeting House of Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1830.
	Brick Church 1997.08.01.0089 The new brick meetinghouse the town of Deerfield, Massachusetts, built in 1824 was the first to be used "exclusively for worship."
	"White Church Deerfield Mass Built 1838" 1999.03.0049 When the Congregational Church in Deerfield, Massachusetts, began hiring Unitarian ministers, some unhappy members left to form their own church.
	Clock works c. 1744 MH.0209 These clock works ran the clock in the Congregational Meetinghouse in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in the 18th century.
	St. Stanislaus 1930-1960 1996.12.2372 By 1900 one in every ten Catholics in America was of Polish origin.
	"Pews in Deerfield meeting house first Parish- sold December 1824" 1824 L02.126 Pews in New England Congregational meeting houses were considered real estate. When Deerfield rebuilt its meeting house in 1824, pews were auctioned to families.