South Parish

Historic church in New Hampshire, United States

This article is about the Unitarian Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. For the Roman Catholic parish and residential district in Cork, Ireland, see South Parish, Cork.

United States historic place

South Parish

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 292 State St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Coordinates| 43°4′32″N 70°45′29″W﻿ / ﻿43.07556°N 70.75806°W﻿ / 43.07556; -70.75806
Area| 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built| 1824
Architectural style| Early Republic
NRHP reference No.| 79000210[1]
Added to NRHP| August 21, 1979

South Parish is the historic name of a church at 292 State Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. The church building, built in 1824–26, is one of the earliest examples of Classical Revival architecture in New England, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Now known as South Church or South Unitarian Universalist Church, the congregation is a covenanting member of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and is an accredited Green Sanctuary. Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with Jewish-Christian roots. It has no creed. It affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief and the search for advancing truth, and tries to provide a warm, open, supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion. The church is a Welcoming Congregation for bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender people.

## Architecture and history

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The South Parish church is located in downtown Portsmouth, at the southwest corner of State and Church streets. It is a single-story masonry structure, fashioned out of ashlar granite blocks quarried in Rockport, Massachusetts. Its gabled roof has a single-stage square belfry, topped by a low-pitch hip roof. The front facade is dominated by a four-column pedimented portico, with Tuscan columns for support. There are three entrance bays, articulated by simple pilasters. The side windows are set in round-arch openings. The interior consists of an entrance vestibule, with a single large sanctuary chamber beyond. The roof is supported by scissor trusses composed of massive timbers. The interior decorations are reflective of an 1858 enlargement and redecorating.[2]

The church was built in 1824-26. It is the first substantial stone structure to be built in northern New England, and is an early example of the large-scale use of granite in New England architecture. Its neoclassical Greek Revival elements are a precursor to later Greek Revival structures built in the city.[2]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for South Parish". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-26.

## External links

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* South Church website

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National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Landmarks|

* Gov. John Langdon Mansion
* John Paul Jones House
* Josiah Bartlett House
* Ladd-Gilman House
* MacPheadris–Warner House
* Matthew Thornton House
* Moffatt-Ladd House
* Richard Jackson House
* Robert Frost Farm
* USS Albacore
* Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion
* Wentworth-Gardner House

Districts|

* Atlantic Heights Development
* Deerfield Center Historic District
* East Derry Historic District
* Exeter Waterfront Commercial Historic District
* Front Street Historic District
* Highland Road Historic District
* Isles of Shoals‡
* Jewell Town District
* Little Boar's Head Historic District
* Newington Center Historic District
* Newmarket Industrial and Commercial Historic District
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* Portsmouth Parade Historic District
* Richman Margeson Estate
* Salem Common Historic District
* Scammon Farm Historic District
* Smith's Corner Historic District
* Strawbery Banke Historic District
* Town Center Historic District
* Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses
* Woodman Road Historic District

Buildings|

| Education|

* Atkinson Academy School
* Centennial Hall
* Dame School
* Kensington Social Library
* Nichols Memorial Library
* North Hampton Library
* North School
* Portsmouth Public Library
* Portsmouth Athenæum
* Sanborn Seminary
* Searles School and Chapel
* Smyth Public Library
* Square Schoolhouse
* Stone School
* Watson Academy
* Wiggin Memorial Library

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Religious|

* Chester Congregational Church
* Danville Meetinghouse
* First Church
* First Universalist Church
* Freewill Baptist Church-Peoples Baptist Church-New Hope Church
* Fremont Meeting House
* Hampstead Meetinghouse
* New Castle Congregational Church
* Northwood Congregational Church
* Sanborn Seminary
* Sandown Old Meetinghouse
* Searles School and Chapel
* South Parish
* St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea
* St. John's Church
* Union Meetinghouse-Universalist Church
* Unitarian Church

Residential|

* Bartlett-Cushman House
* Benedict House
* Benjamin Franklin Prescott House
* Benjamin James House
* Capt. Jonathan Currier House
* Cornet Thomas Wiggin House
* Daniel Pinkham House
* Deacon Samuel and Jabez Lane Homestead
* Drake Farm
* Dudley House
* Edward Sewall Garrison
* Elijah Locke House
* Elm Farm
* Emery Farm
* Gen. Mason J. Young House
* General Porter House
* George Rogers House
* Gilman Garrison House
* Gov. John Wentworth House
* Gov. Meshech Weare House
* Greeley House
* Hart-Rice House
* Haven-White House
* Henry Sherburne House
* James Neal House
* Jeremiah Hart House
* John Crockett House
* John Elkins Farmstead
* John Hart House
* Joshua Wentworth House †
* Larkin-Rice House
* Maj. John Gilman House
* Moses-Kent House
* Nutter-Rymes House
* Parsons Homestead
* Phoebe Hart House
* Reuben Lamprey Homestead
* Rundlet-May House
* Samuel Beck House
* Samuel Tenney House
* Scamman Farm
* Shapley Town House
* Simeon P. Smith House
* Weeks House
* Whidden-Ward House

Transportation|

* Newington Railroad Depot
* Raymond Boston and Maine Railroad Depot
* Sandown Depot, Boston and Maine Railroad

Other
buildings|

* Adams Memorial Building
* Armstrong Memorial Building
* The Beach Club
* Danville Town House
* Franklin Block
* Kensington Town House
* New Hampshire Bank Building
* North Hampton Town Hall
* Plaistow Carhouse
* Portsmouth Cottage Hospital
* Portsmouth Harbor Light
* Pulpit Rock Base-End Station (N. 142)
* Rockingham Hotel
* Rye Town Hall
* South Meetinghouse
* Stevens Memorial Hall
* Town House

Sites|

* Fort Constitution
* Old North Cemetery
* Plains Cemetery

Structures|

* Chester Village Cemetery

Footnotes|

‡ This entry also has portions in an adjacent state.
† This entry has been removed from the registry.

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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