{"id":585,"date":"2013-10-04T00:45:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=585"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:26:43","slug":"arlington-street-church-boston-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/arlington-street-church-boston-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_585' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_585=new _2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_585');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_585=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_585');\n}\nif  (typeof _2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_585=new _2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_585, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_585=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_585, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass\/');\n}\npano_0_585.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_585.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_585.addListener('fullscreenexit', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = contentOverflow;\n\t}\n});\n\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; line-height: 16px;\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_13_Arlington_Street_Church_Boston_Mass\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1729 as the &#8220;Church of the Presbyterian Strangers&#8221;, the <a title=\"Arlington Street Church\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/\/www.ascboston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arlington Street Church<\/a> is a Unitarian Universalist church, which draws from a variety of religious traditions. While the Unitarian Universalist congregations &#8220;tend to retain some Christian traditions, such as Sunday worship with a sermon and the singing of hymns. The extent to which the elements of any particular faith tradition are incorporated into personal spiritual practice is a matter of personal choice for congregants.&#8221;<a title=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unitarian_Universalism\" target=\"_blank\">(1)<\/a> Unitarian refers to the belief in one God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1861, the church&#8217;s current structure was completed and was the first public building to be constructed on newly filled land in Boston\u2019s Back Bay, sitting on 999 wooden pilings driven into the tidal mud. Architect Arthur Gilman drew inspiration for its exterior from London\u2019s <a title=\"St. Martin-in-the-Fields\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Martin-in-the-Fields<\/a> and its basilica type interior from the <a title=\"Church of the Annunciation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basilica_della_Santissima_Annunziata_del_Vastato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Church of the Annunciation<\/a> in Genoa, Italy. As part of the church&#8217;s mission, congregants gather &#8220;in love and service for justice and peace.&#8221;<a title=\"(2)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ascboston.org\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(2)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.<a title=\" http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unitarian_Universalism\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unitarian_Universalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unitarian_Universalism<\/a><br>2. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.ascboston.org\/about\/index.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ascboston.org\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ascboston.org\/about\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad. Founded in 1729 as the &#8220;Church of the Presbyterian Strangers&#8221;, the Arlington Street Church is a Unitarian Universalist church, which draws from a variety of religious traditions. 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