First Unitarian Church of Providence

The First Unitarian Church of Providence was dedicated in 1816 and was designed by John Holden Greene. The exterior is made of ashlar-laid white stone, quarried in nearby Johnston.

The bell in the tower is the largest cast by Paul Revere and son at their foundry in Canton, Massachusetts.

The original floor plan had no heat, except the fireplace in the minister's room behind the pulpit. There the members of the congregation filled their foot warmers with hot coals. During extensive repairs made in 1836, coal stoves were installed in the northwestern and southwestern corners, and carpeting was added.

A fire in 1966, started by lightning, prompted immediate repairs. It has been said that architect John Holden Greene considered it to be his masterpiece.

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