Unitarian-Universalist Church of Portsmouth
aka South Church
292 State Street

Church street side

South Church’s current building, the Stone Church, as it was called when it was built 1824-26, was probably designed by Jonathan Folsom, a joiner originally from Exeter who is credited with many brick landmarks built in Portsmouth after the 1813 fire. South Church has been erroneously attributed to Alexander Parris who introduced the Greek Revival into New England first at Boston’s St. John’s Church in 1819. It is believed that Parris destined his 1828 Congregational Church in Quincy, Massachusetts in response to plans of the Portsmouth church shown to him by the Quincy building committee.

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Photo 09a, Aug 2010

Unitarian-Universalist Church Of Portsmouth aka South Church

Photo 110, March 2012

Unitarian-Universalist Church Of Portsmouth aka South Church

Photo 112, March 2012