| Arlington Street Church | |
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| 42°21′7.4″N 71°04′15.9″W / 42.352056°N 71.071083°W | |
| Location | 351–355 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Denomination | Unitarian Universalist |
| Website | www |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Arthur Gilman |
| Architectural type | 18th-century English |
Arlington Street Church | |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1861 |
| Part of | Back Bay Historic District (ID73001948) |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000313[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 4, 1973 |
| Designated CP | August 14, 1973 |
The Arlington Street Church is a Unitarian Universalist church across from the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Because of its geographic prominence and the notable ministers who have served the congregation, the church is considered to be among the most historically important in American Unitarianism and Unitarian Universalism. Completed in 1861, it was designed by Arthur Gilman and Gridley James Fox Bryant to resemble James Gibbs' St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London.[2] The main sanctuary space has 16 large-scale stained-glass windows installed by Tiffany Studios from 1899 to 1930.[3]
On May 17, 2004, the Arlington Street Church was the site of the first state-sanctioned same-sex marriage in the United States.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#73000313)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Mehren, Elizabeth (May 18, 2004). "Gay Couples Tie the Knot in Massachusetts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 20, 2015.