Congregations (UU)

Postcard The First Universalist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was established in 1907. The church was built by funds collected to honor Quillen H. Shinn (1845-1907), Universalist minister and well-traveled missionary. The Dr. Shinn Memorial...

Photograph Photo of the cast of "Prophet of Good Luck," a play given by members of the First Universalist Church in Bridgeport, Conn., and written by the Rev. Bernard Ruggles (published by him in 1916). The play includes a cast of characters including...

Photograph The First Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio, was organized in 1844. This church building on State Street was dedicated on May 31, 1891, and sold in the early 1920s. In 1967, the congregation merged with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship...

Postcard The First Universalist Society of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was organized on March 17, 1823. Construction on this building began in 1892, and it was dedicated on January 16, 1894. For more information, see: Peter I. Cameron, The Church on...

Photograph The First Universalist Church in Owatonna, Minnesota, was organized in 1868. This mission-style church building was dedicated on November 12, 1905. In 1919 the building was sold to the newly organized English-speaking Lutheran congregation in...

Postcard The Universalist Society (now the Unitarian Universalist Church) of Peoria, Illinois, was organized on May 3, 1843. From 1912 to 1963, it was known as the First Universalist Church. This building was dedicated May 28, 1911, enlarged in 1919 and...

Photograph The First Universalist Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was gathered in 1777. This building, the "brick church," was dedicated on April 21, 1897, and was destroyed by fire on January 11, 1947. The congregation had federated with the South...

Photograph (Stereoscope Viewcard) The First Universalist Society of Rochester, New York, was founded in 1846 and erected this church building in 1847. It was remodeled and rededicated in 1871, and it was remodeled and enlarged with a church school annex...

Photograph The First Universalist Society of Bangor, Maine, began in 1833. This church building was dedicated on Dec. 15, 1862. It was largely destroyed in the great Bangor fire of April 30, 1911, with only the outside walls remaining. Before...

Photograph The First Universalist Society of Orleans, Massachusetts, was organized on April 8. 1833, and its meeting house was dedicated on November 6, 1833. In 1932 the Universalist Society united with the Congregational Church of Orleans to become the...