What congregations were both Unitarian and Universalist before the merger?
Sources: Universalist Directories for 1957-1960, Unitarian Yearbooks for 1957-60 and Weis, Frederick Lewis, List of the Unitarian Churches and their Ministers in the United States and Canada.
| CA |
Fresno (Liberal Church) |
1954 |
federated -- joint U & U organization |
|
CA |
Riverside (UU Church) |
1957? |
federated |
|
CA |
San Jose (1st Unit.) |
? |
federated |
|
CA |
Van Nuys (Valley UU Church) |
1957? |
federated-- joint U & U organization? |
|
CA |
Ventura |
1958 |
federated-- joint U & U organization? |
|
CT |
New London (All Souls) |
1943 |
federated |
|
FL |
St. Petersburg (United Liberal) |
1927 |
federated |
|
FL |
West Palm Beach (1st Unit.) |
1954 |
federated-- joint U & U organization? |
|
GA |
Athens (UU Fellowship) |
1954 |
listed in Univ. directory but not in Unit. |
|
GA |
Atlanta (United Liberal) |
1954 |
federated – complicated history |
|
IL |
DuPage Valley Church |
1958 |
federated |
|
IL |
Urbana |
1958? |
federated |
|
IN |
Kokomo |
1956 |
joint U & U organization? |
|
IN |
Terre Haute |
1955 |
joint U & U organization? |
|
ME |
Saco (Unit.) & Biddeford (Unit.) |
|
they had “a working agreement” |
|
ME |
Waterville |
1930s or 40s? |
listed in Univ. directory but not in Unit. |
|
MA |
Boston |
1935 |
2nd Univ. Society “worships with” Arlington St. Church |
|
MA |
Braintree (All Souls) |
1900 |
founded jointly as a new church replacing dead/dying churches in the area |
|
MA |
Brockton |
1952 |
federated |
|
MA |
Danvers |
1924 |
merged |
|
MA |
Fitchburg |
1943 |
federated |
|
MA |
Haverhill |
1950 |
federated |
|
MA |
Lawrence (Good Shepherd) |
1956 |
merged |
|
MA |
Peabody (Park St.) |
1948 |
federated |
|
MA |
Springfield (Unity) |
1928 |
federated |
|
MA |
Plymouth |
? |
Univ. Society “worships with” 1st Church |
|
MA |
Waltham (1st Parish) |
1958 |
federated/merged |
|
MA |
Yarmouthport |
1934 |
federated |
|
MI |
Detroit (Our Father) |
1934 |
federated |
|
MI |
Detroit (Northwest) |
1953 |
joint U & U organization? |
|
MI |
Lansing |
1957 |
federated |
|
NH |
Manchester |
1953? |
federated |
|
NH |
Nashua |
1957 |
federated |
|
NH |
Portsmouth |
1945 |
federated |
|
NY |
Amherst |
1957 |
federated |
|
NY |
Buffalo |
1953 |
federated |
|
NY |
East Aurora |
1955 |
joint U & U organization? |
|
NY |
Utica |
1926 |
federated |
|
OH |
Cleveland |
1932 |
federated |
|
VT |
Brattleboro |
1922 |
federated |
|
WI |
Mukwonago (United) |
? |
federated - listed in Univ. directory but never in Unit. |
|
WI |
Racine (Good Shepherd) |
? |
listed in Univ. directory but never in Unit. |
The first attempt at a jointly supported congregation was in Richmond VA from 1830 to 1863.
Another congregation usually cited as being Unitarian and Universalist is Unity Church in Oak Park IL. Although the congregation was originally made up with both, it is never listed in the Unitarian directories.
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