Church of the Covenant (Boston)
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Central Congregational Church
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| Location | 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′07.00″N 71°4′26.00″W / 42.3519444°N 71.0738889°WCoordinates: 42°21′07.00″N 71°4′26.00″W / 42.3519444°N 71.0738889°W |
| Built | 1867 |
| Part of | Back Bay Historic District (#73001948) |
| NRHP Reference # | 12001012 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 17, 2012 |
| Designated NHL | October 17, 2012 |
| Designated CP | August 14, 1973 |
The Church of the Covenant is a historic church at 67 Newbury Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. A National Historic Landmark, it was built in 1865-1867 by the Central Congregational Church, and is now affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the United Church of Christ. The church was designed by Richard M. Upjohn, and its distinctive interior is largely the work of Tiffany & Co.
Built of Roxbury puddingstone in Gothic Revival style it was one of the first churches to relocate in the new Back Bay and was built largely with funds donated by Benjamin Bates, an industrialist who founded Bates College. Designed by Richard M. Upjohn, the son and partner of Richard Upjohn, who insisted on "a high gothic edifice ... which no ordinary dwelling house would overtop." It has a 240-foot (73 m) high steeple, that overtops the Bunker Hill Monument. Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "We have one steeple in Boston that to my eyes seems absolutely perfect--that of the Central Church on the corner of Newbury and Berkeley Streets." In the 1890s the sanctuary was redecorated by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. with stained-glass windows and mosaics and an electric-light chandelier designed by Tiffany's Jacob Adolphus Holzer for the World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, 1893.
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