Site of Early Meetinghouse

Site of Early Meetinghouse is a Massachusetts historical marker in Newton, Middlesex County, dedicated 1930.

Cotton and Centre Streets, Newton · location approximate

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The original meetinghouse of the First Church in Newton was built in this burying ground in 1660. The first pastor was John Eliot, Jr., son of the Apostle to the Indians.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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Historical maps covering this location

1660 · Noui Belgii Nouaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1833 · Map of Boston and its vicinity from actual surveys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1852 · Boston and vicinity. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · 31. Boston sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Noui Belgii Nouaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula, 1660, covering the location of Site of Early Meetinghouse, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Noui Belgii Nouaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula, 1660, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

Site of Early Meetinghouse

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