Brick Church (Congregational)

Brick Church (Congregational)

West Boylston (Mass.) - History; First Congregational Church (West Boylston, Mass.) - History

View across the Common from East Main Street. In the





middle of the image is the First Congregational Church known as the Brick





Church built in 1832. At the far left of the image is Thomas Hall,





named for Town benefactor, Robert B. Thomas the founder of the Old Farmer's





Almanac. Town meetings were held in this building from the 1840's to





1900. Thomas Hall was also the location of the first high school. To the





rear of Thomas Hall are the carriage barns for both the church and the





hall. Circa 1895-1905.

Sargent, Edgar E.

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Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass. http://www.beamanlibrary.org/ on August 27, 1963 by Miss Martha A. Sargent.

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1895-1905