First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia

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First Unitarian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	2125 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′10″N 75°10′35″W / 39.952671°N 75.176365°W / 39.952671; -75.176365
Built	1886
Architect	Frank Furness
Architectural style	Gothic
NRHP reference No.	71000724[1]
Added to NRHP	May 27, 1971

The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is a Unitarian Universalist congregation located at 2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a regional Community Center it sponsors cultural, educational, civic, wellness and spiritual activities.

On June 12, 1796, twenty of Philadelphia's intellectual leaders formed the First Unitarian Society of Philadelphia, becoming the first continuously functioning church in the country to name itself "Unitarian". The founders were directed and encouraged by the Unitarian minister Joseph Priestley, and its first settled minister was the Rev. Dr. William Henry Furness.