The First Universalist Society of Salem is a historic
Universalist former church building at 211 Bridge Street in
Salem, Massachusetts.
History
The congregation was founded in 1805 after seven local people with an interest in
Universalism attended a lecture by Rev.
John Murray, a founder of Universalism. The current church building was constructed in 1808 with Rev.
Hosea Ballou, a founder of the Universalist Church, laying the cornerstone of the
Federal style building.[2] Inside the building, the Hutchings organ was constructed in 1888 with 1,200 pipes. The church was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The church closed in 2016, merging with First Parish, UU, in Beverly, MA.