Boston's King's Chapel became the first Unitarian church in the Americas
King's Chapel in Boston became the first Unitarian congregation in the Americas after adopting a revised prayer book.
The chapel's proprietors voted to embrace James Freeman's version of the Book of Common Prayer, a decision that reshaped its theology. Today the independent congregation describes itself as Unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance, and it is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Its building, once known after the American Revolution as the Stone Chapel, stands at the corner of Tremont Street and School Street. Completed in 1754, the structure ranks among the finest works of a noted colonial architect.
The congregation blends traditions rarely found together.
Why it mattersIt shows how a single congregational vote opened a new religious tradition that still shapes American faith.
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