{"nrhp_refnum":"10000722","name":"First Presbyterian Society Meeting House","other_names":["First Presbyterian Church","Second Congregational Church","Millbury Federated Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Main St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Millbury","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.194137942000054,"lon":-71.75976933199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story wood-frame church built in 1828 at 20 Main Street in Millbury Centre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, designed by architect/builder Elias Carter. It is now the Millbury Federated Church and includes a later parish house addition.","why_significant":"The building is a previously undocumented design by Elias Carter, combining Greek Revival form with Federal decorative details such as Tuscan columns and fanlights. Its exterior remains largely unchanged from 1828, and the interior keeps much original fabric, as altered by an 1862 reorientation. It also reflects the religious history of Millbury, from a Presbyterian society to a Congregational church.","narrative":"Built in 1828 on Main Street in Millbury Centre, this 1½-story wood-frame church was designed by architect and builder Elias Carter. Its temple-front western facade has a pediment carried by a full-width open portico with four large Tuscan columns, while fanlights over the doors and windows give the Greek Revival form a Federal flavor. The three principal elevations remain largely as built, with narrow clapboard siding and pilasters. Inside, a plastered sanctuary with a horseshoe gallery and 48 slip pews survives, reworked in 1862 when the worship focus was reversed from west to east. A rear extension, a parlor wing added around 1900, and a 1965 parish house were added later. A granite retaining wall and signboard also contribute. Originally the First Presbyterian Society's meeting house, it became the Second Congregational Society in 1835 and is now home to the Millbury Federated Church. Its period of significance runs from 1828 to 1960.","period_of_significance":"1828-1960","architect_builder":"Elias Carter","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by its congregation, in good condition and only slightly altered; the steeple top is a temporary replacement after the original was removed in 2006 for leaning.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.580365-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/7975/63797558/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/10000722.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000722/1bf3cda536-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000722/1bf3cda536-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_Society_Meeting_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_Society_Meeting_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63797558","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Society_Meeting_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891307"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/first-presbyterian-society-meeting-house-10000722/"}