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.
21880 156 Wellington Hill Street, former home to Shaar Tselosa Avraham
This congregaton was founded in 1963. ...
21870 70 Wayland Street, former home of Sons of Abraham
Sons of Abraham was founded by people from Adath ...
No. 19939 Saint John’s Universalist Church, approximately 6 to 8Virginia Street
St. John’s was located at 4 or ...
St. Kevins Church
No. 389 Postcard. Caption on front: St. Kevin's Church, Dorchester, Mass. 7322. Postally ...
St. Marks Church
No. 387 Postcard. Caption on front: St. Marks Church, Dorchester, Mass. Postally unused.
Stanton Avenue Methodist Church
No. 1322 Postcard. Caption on front: Stanton Avenue Methodist Church, ...
No. 23308 view of the church from an illustration on the 1850 map of Dorchester
The Stoughton Street Baptist ...
No. 21532 Temple Beth El, 100 Fowler Street
Also known as the Fowler Street Street Shul, the temple on Fowler ...
21874 800 Morton Street, former home of Temple Beth Hillel
The name means House of Hillel.
21873 800 Morton ...
No. 288 Postcard. Third Religious Society Unitarian Church, circa 1910.
The third church ...
13271 51 Walnut Street, Community Church of Neponset, August 19, 2012
Trinity Congregational Church, organized ...
Unitarian Church
No. 529 Postcard. Caption on front: Third Religious Society Unitarian Church, Dorchester ...