Places of Worship
Dorchester's Religious InstitutionsIn Good Old Dorchester, Orcutt provides a history of the early churches of the town. From 1630 until 1806, the town had only one church, first at Pleasant and Pond Streets and later at Meeting House Hill, The clash between conservative and liberal views at the Second Church resulted in the formation of the Third Church, a Unitarian group in 1813. The nineteenth century saw a great proliferation of churches that has continued to the present.
The following dates may not be official. Sometimes congregations met before becoming formal organizations.
![All Saints Church, 211 Ashmont Street](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16545-all-saints-church-211-ashmont-street-6-18-2017-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
No. 16545 All Saints Church, June 18, 2017.
National Register Nomination: All Saints Church, 211 ...
![All Saints Episcopal Church, Ashmont](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/3220-all-saints-ashmont.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
No. 3220 All Saints, Ashmont
No. ...
![Appleton Methodist Church](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Icon-Church.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
The Appleton Methodist Episcopal Church, organized March 1848, combined with Trinity Congregational Church, ...
![Ashmont Universalist Church](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2632-ashmont-universalist-church.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Image: No. 2632 Ashmont Universalist Church, 22 Bushnell Street
Located at 22 Bushnell Street at the corner of ...
![Assemblea de Iglesia Cristiana](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2273-assemblea-de-iglesias-cristianas-march-2003.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Image: No. 2273 Assemblea de Iglesia Cristiana, photograph March, 2003
Located at 5 Howard Avenue. In existence ...
![Baker Memorial Methodist Church](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/388-baker-memorial-uphams-corner-no-longer-extant.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Image: No. 388 Postcard. Baker Memoril, Upham's Corner, postmarked July 31, 1914.
The Baker Memorial Methodist ...
![Baker Memorial, Uphams Corner](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/388-baker-memorial-uphams-corner-no-longer-extant.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Baker Memorial, Uphams Corner
No. 388 Postcard. Caption on front: Baker Memorial, Upham's Corner, ...
![Berean Temple Baptist Church](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Icon-Church.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
The Berean Temple Baptist Church was located on Woodrow Avenue at the corner of Ashton Street near Blue Hill ...
![Berean Temple Baptist Church](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/21531-Woodrow-Hadrath-Israel-synagogue-formerly-Berea-Chapel-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
No. 21531 Berean Temple Baptist Church
The Berean Temple Baptist Church was located at 235 Woodrow Avenue at ...
![Bethany Baptist Church](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2443-bethany-baptist-church-featured.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Located at the corner of West Cottage and Judson Streets, the Bethany Baptist Church ...
![Blaney Memorial Baptist Church](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/207-blaney-baptist-church.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Image: No. 207 Postcard. Blaney Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, circa ...
![Buddhist Temple and statue of Buddha, 111 Park Street](https://i0.wp.com/www.dorchesteratheneum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/7724-111-park-street-4-2-06-shrine.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
The Chua Luc Hoa Buddhist Culture Center is a spiritual home for worshipers not only in Dorchester but throughout ...