City Of Boston: First Church In Roxbury Study Report

Press release from the City of Boston:

August 3, 2021

The First Church in Roxbury is historically and architecturally significant at the local and state levels as an outstanding example of ecclesiastical architecture in the early nineteenth century; for the visually stunning integrity of its architectural and landscape features; for its associations with a nationally-renowned proponent of professional architectural design, Asher Benjamin; and for its role in the development of the Roxbury community from a rural, agricultural town to a wealthy Boston suburb and now a densely populated, majority Black urban neighborhood.

This press release was produced by the City of Boston. The views expressed here are the author’s own.