Place, Charles A. (Charles Alpheus), 1866-1940. Notebooks on church architecture and worship, c. 1928-1940.
Overview
Notebooks on church architecture and worship by Unitarian Congregational minister Charles Alpheus Place. The notebooks span 1928-1940.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1940.
Access
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Extent
6 boxesThis collection consists of notebooks kept by Charles Alpheus Place on forms of worship, church architecture, and worship music.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Alpheus Place (April 7, 1866-November 17, 1940) was an authority on American church architecture and forms of worship. He was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and entered Harvard Divinity School in 1896. He was ordained to the Unitarian Congregational ministry in 1897 at Chelsea, Massachusetts. In addition to Chelsea, he served parishes in Gardner (1899-1902), Waltham (1902-1910), Sterling (1910-1916), and Lancaster (1917-1928), Massachusetts. In 1928 he retired from the ministry to devote the remainder of his life to the study of the architecture, forms of worship, and music of American churches. He published The Life of Charles Bulfinch: Architect and Citizen in 1925.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the American Antiquarian Society, 1979.
- Title
- Place, Charles A. (Charles Alpheus), 1866-1940. Notebooks on church architecture and worship, c. 1928-1940: A Finding Aid.
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00402
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.
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