The First Church and Parish in Dedham is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Dedham, Massachusetts. It was the 14th church established in Massachusetts. Amelia Shenstone is the minister.
First Church and Parish, Dedham MA
The First Church of Dedham and church green in 1906
Gravestone of Rev. Benjamin H. Bailey at Brookdale Cemetery
Seal of Dedham, Massachusetts
The history of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1699, begins with the first settlers' arrival in 1635 and runs to the end of the 17th century. The settlers, who built their village on land the native peopl
First Church and Parish in Dedham
…Universalist congregation in Dedham, Massachusetts. It was the 14th church established in Massachusetts. Amelia Shenstone is the minister. Dedham was first settled in 1635 and incorporated in 1636. On July 18, 1637, the Town voted to admit a group of very religious men that would radically change the course of the town's history. Led by John…
The first taxpayer-funded public school in the United States was in Dedham.
The Fairbanks House is the oldest timber-frame house in North America.
Gilbert Stuart Fisher Ames NPG.79.215 National Portrait Gallery