Built in 1806 to a design of the builder and architect Asher Benjamin, this imposing United Methodist church stands, along with the Harrison Gray Otis House next door, as a reminder of the days when the area was a fashionable district. The church was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and it was the first integrated congregation in the country, giving open seating to blacks and whites alike just before 1820. In the early 1960s, when the church served as a public library and polling place, Congressman John F. Kennedy voted here. Free organ concerts are held here Tuesday at 8 PM in June and July.
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