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Bell Street Chapel is an historic Unitarian Universalist chapel church located at 5 Bell Street in Providence, Rhode Island. This is just off Broadway in the part of the city referred to as "Federal Hill."〔(Bell Street website )〕 The church is a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). ==History== The chapel was built in 1875 by architect William Russell Walker at the behest of James Eddy. Eddy was a wealthy engraver and art dealer who advocated a theology that was unusual for its time. He had a private chapel built on the land adjacent to his property, hoping that he might be able to find some people who agreed with his theology.〔 The chapel sat largely unused until Eddy's death in 1888. His will created an endowment aimed at keeping the chapel in use well into the future. That endowment is still active today. Anna Garlin Spencer, a Providence philanthropist and philosopher, was asked to spearhead the creation of a new congregation using the chapel. She remained there ten years and was ordained by the congregation as the first female minister of any denomination in the State of Rhode Island.〔(Transcendentalists: Anna Garlin Spencer ).〕 At the present time, Rev. Margaret Weis serves as developmental minister. Services begin every Sunday morning at 10:00.〔(Bell Street Governing Board )〕 Bell Street Chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bell Street Chapel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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