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Old North Church was established in 1723 and initially named 'Christ Church in the City of Boston. It was Boston's second Anglican Church and a social nexus for Boston's younger merchants and privateers. The older Anglican Church, King's Chapel, was a long-time favorite of Boston's wealthy elite.
Old North Church is Boston’s oldest church, having been built in 1723 in the Georgian style. Originally called Christ’s Church, Old North Church was also the tallest building in Boston at the time and thus came to serve an important role in the American Revolution.
Built in 1723, Old North was an Anglican, or official church of England, rather than a Congregational, or Puritan, church. Although the Charter of 1692 required greater religious tolerance in Massachusetts, many Bostonians still feared the influence of the official Church of England.
This momentous event ignited the American Revolution. Built in 1723, Christ Church in the City of Boston, known to all as the Old North Church, is Boston’s oldest surviving church building and most visited historical site.
Christ Church (1948), legal control of the church was passed to the recently incorporated Christ Church in the City of Boston. The Massachusetts Historic Landmark certification was received from the Massachusetts Historical Commission in 1966.
Christ Church/The Old North Church ™ is the oldest church building in Boston. The first stone was laid by April 15, 1723. The building took twenty-two years to complete. It originally was an Anglican church, and is today an active Episcopalian congregation.
Founded in 1723, Christ Church in the City of Boston, known as the Old North Church, is Boston's oldest surviving church and most visited historical site.
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