Old South Church

This article is about the United Church of Christ congregation's current building on Boylston Street. For the church's previous building in Downtown Crossing, see Old South Meeting House. For the unrelated church in Ohio, see Old South Church (Kirtland, Ohio).

Old South Church in Boston
Location645 Boylston St, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°21′0.7″N 71°4′40.8″W / 42.350194°N 71.078000°W / 42.350194; -71.078000
Built1873
ArchitectCharles Amos Cummings and
Willard T. Sears
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.70000690
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1970
Designated NHLDecember 30, 1970

Old South Church (also known as New Old South Church or Third Church), is a historic United Church of Christ congregation in Boston, Massachusetts, first organized in 1669. Its present building at 645 Boylston Street in Copley Square, built on newly filled land in the Back Bay section of Boston, was completed in 1873. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears, while the campanile was designed by the architects Allen & Collens and added between 1935 and 1937. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 for its architectural significance as one of the finest High Victorian Gothic churches in New England. It is home to one of the oldest religious communities in the United States.

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