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Christ Church

Address: Zero Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 | Map It
Phone: 617/876-0200
www.cccambridge.org

Category: Religious Sites
Location: Cambridge

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Fodor's Review:

This modest, yet beautiful gray clapboard structure was designed in 1761 by Peter Harrison, the first architect of note in the Colonies. During the Revolution, members of its mostly Tory congregation fled for their lives. The organ was melted down for bullets and the building was used as a barracks during the Siege of Boston. (Step into the vestibule to look for the bullet hole left during the skirmish.) Martha Washington requested that the church reopen for services on New Year's Eve in 1775. The church's historical significance extends to the 20th century: Teddy Roosevelt was a Sunday school teacher here, and Martin Luther King Jr. spoke from the pulpit to announce his opposition to the Vietnam War.

Open: Visit building any day 8-4. Sun. services at 7:45 and 10:15, with choral evensong at 4; Tues. and Wed. services at 12:10
Metro: Harvard

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