First Universalist Church (Provincetown, Massachusetts)

The Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown is an historic church at 236 Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival building was built in 1847 to a design by Benjamin Hallett, for a congregation that had been established in 1829. It is a massive post and beam timber frame construction, and was originally built without the tower. The tower, which is telescopic in form, with Greek ornamentation, is the only surviving steeple in Provincetown, and is a landmark for seafarers.[2]

Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown
LocationProvincetown, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°3′3″N 70°11′17″W
Built1847
ArchitectWendte, Carl; Hallet, Benjamin
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Part ofProvincetown Historic District (ID89001148)
NRHP reference No.72000122[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1972
Designated CPAugust 30, 1989

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972,[1] and included in the Provincetown Historic District in 1989.[2] It is now called the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House.

Interior trompe-l'œil ceiling and wall frescos were done in egg tempera by Carl Wendt in 1847

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for First Universalist Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-26.


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