King's Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
King's Chapel, 2009
Location:	Tremont and School Streets, Boston, MA
Coordinates:	42°21′28.81″N 71°3′35.98″W / 42.3580028°N 71.0599944°W / 42.3580028; -71.0599944Coordinates: 42°21′28.81″N 71°3′35.98″W / 42.3580028°N 71.0599944°W / 42.3580028; -71.0599944
Built:	1749
Architect:	Peter Harrison
Architectural style:	Georgian
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	74002045[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	May 2, 1974
Designated NHL:	October 9, 1960

King's Chapel is "an independent Christian unitarian congregation affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association that is "unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance."^[2] It is housed in what was formerly called "Stone Chapel", an 18th century structure at the corner of Tremont Street and School Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

History[link]

King's Chapel was founded by Royal Governor Sir Edmund Andros in 1686 as the first Anglican Church in New England during the reign of King James II. The original King's Chapel was a wooden church built in 1688 at the corner of Tremont and School Streets, where the church stands today. It was situated on the public burying ground because no resident would sell land for a non-Puritan church.

1688 King's Chapel building (demolished)

In 1749, construction began on the current stone structure, which was designed by Peter Harrison and completed in 1754. The stone church was built around the wooden church. When the stone church was complete, the wooden church was disassembled and removed through the windows of the new church. The wood was then shipped to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia where it was used to construct St. John's Anglican Church. That church was destroyed by fire on Halloween night, 2001. It has since been rebuilt.

During the American Revolution, the chapel sat vacant and was referred to as the "Stone Chapel." The loyalist families left for Canada, and those who remained reopened the church in 1782. It became Unitarian under the ministry of James Freeman, who revised the Book of Common Prayer along Unitarian lines in 1785. Although Freeman still considered King's Chapel to be Episcopalian, the Anglican Church refused to ordain him. The church still follows its own Anglican/Unitarian hybrid liturgy today. It is a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Tremont Street, ca.1843, with view of King's Chapel. Painting by Philip Harry (courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Inside, the church is characterized by wooden columns with Corinthian capitals that were hand-carved by William Burbeck and his apprentices in 1758. Seating is accommodated by box pews, most of which were originally owned by the member families who paid pew rent and decorated the pews to their personal tastes. The current uniform appearance of the pews dates from the 1920s.

Music has long been an important part of King's Chapel, which acquired its first organ in 1723. The present organ, the sixth installed in King's Chapel, was built by C.B. Fisk in 1964. It is decorated with miters and carvings from the Bridge organ of 1756, and it is slightly below average in size compared with most mid-1900s European chapel organs.^[3] For over forty years, the eminent American composer Daniel Pinkham was the organist and music director at King's Chapel. He was succeeded by Heinrich Christensen.

The King's Chapel bell, cast in England, was hung in 1772. In 1814 it cracked, was recast by Paul Revere, and was rehung. It is the largest bell cast by the Revere foundry, and the last one cast by Paul Revere himself. It has been rung at services ever since.

Within King's Chapel is a monument to Samuel Vassall, brother of the colonist William Vassall, a patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Company, and an early deputy of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Samuel Vassall of London was also named a member of the Company in its 1629 Royal Charter but never sailed for New England, instead remaining in London to tend to business affairs; his brother William frequently clashed with John Winthrop, and eventually removed himself to Scituate, Massachusetts.^[4]

The monument to Samuel Vassall, London merchant, mentions his resistance to King Charles's taxes imposed on Tonnage and Poundage, especially as Parliament had refused the King's request for a lifetime extension. Samuel Vassall subsequently represented London as a Member of Parliament (1640–1641), which restored some of Vassall's estate thought destroyed by the Crown. Ironically, later Vassalls in Massachusetts, including William Vassall for whom Vassalboro, Maine was named, turned Loyalist and fled to England during the American Revolutionary War.^[5]

Ministers[link]

• Robert Ratcliff, rector 1686-1689^[6]
• Samuel Myles, rector 1689-1728 (d.1728)
• Roger Price, rector 1729-1746
• Henry Caner, rector 1747-1776
• James Freeman, rector 1787-1836 (d.1836)
• Samuel Cary, minister 1809-1815 (d.1815)
• F.W.P. Greenwood, minister 1824-1843 (d.1843)
• Ephraim Peabody, minister 1845-1856 (d.1856)
• no regular minister 1856-1861
• Henry Wilder Foote, minister 1861-1889 (d.1889)
• no regular minister 1889-1895
• Howard Nicholson Brown, minister 1895-1921
• Harold Edwin Balme Speight, minister 1921-1927
• John Carroll Perkins, minister in charge 1927-1931, minister 1931-1933
• Palfrey Perkins, minister 1933-1953
• Joseph Barth, minister 1953-1965 (d. 1988)
• no regular minister 1965-1967
• Carl R. Scovel, senior minister 1967-1999
• Charles C. Forman, affiliate minister 1980-1998 (d. 1998)
• Matthew M. McNaught, interim minister 1999-2001
• Earl K. Holt, minister 2001-2009^[7]
• Dianne E. Arakawa, interim minister 2009–present^[8]

Burying ground[link]

The burying ground at King's Chapel is the site of the graves of many historical figures. It was Boston's only burial site for 30 years (1630–1660), and is a stop on the Freedom Trail.

Image gallery[link]

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  Illustration of King's Chapel as it appeared in 1720

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  Henry Caner, rector 1747-1776

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  James Freeman, rector 1787-1836

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  1833 engraving

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  Ephraim Peabody, minister 1845-1856

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  King's Chapel interior. ca.1898 photo

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  thumb|King's Chapel, 19th c.

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  Photochrom of King's Chapel ca. 1897-1900

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  King's Chapel C.B. Fisk Organ (built 1964)

• Kings Chapel Interior.jpg

  Interior of King's Chapel, 2009

See also[link]

Religion portal

• King's Chapel Burying Ground

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• A History of King's Chapel, in Boston: The First Episcopal Church in New England By Francis William Pitt Greenwood (1833) at Google Books
• Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day. Boston: Little, Brown, 1882, 1896. vol.1; vol.2.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: King's Chapel

• King's Chapel website
• The Boston Athenaeum "houses the King’s Chapel Collection of mostly 17th century theological works"
• Boston National Historical Park Official Website

Kings may refer to:

• Monarchs: The Sovereign Heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings
• One of several works known as the "Book of Kings":
  • The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts
  • The Shahnama, an 11th century epic Persian poem
  • The Morgan Bible, a French medieval picture Bible
  • The Pararaton, a 16th century Javanese history of southeast Asia
• Kings (game), a popular drinking game also known as King's Cup
• Kings (electoral district), a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
• Kings (handball), also known as "Chinese handball"
• Kings Family Restaurants, a chain of restaurants located in Pennsylvania and Ohio
• Kings (film), a 2007 Irish language film by Tom Collins
• "Kings" (song), a song by rock group Steely Dan on the album Can't Buy a Thrill
• Kings Super Markets, a chain supermarket in northern New Jersey
• The Kings, a Canadian rock band formed in 1977.
• Kings of Leon, an American rock group
• Kings (Australian TV series), an Australian TV series
• Kings (American TV series), an American TV series on NBC
• King's Favourites, a brand of cigarettes
• King's Discount Stores, a chain of stores in the USA

In amusement parks[link]

• Kings Dominion, an amusement park in Doswell, Virginia
• Kings Island, an amusement park in Mason, Ohio

In geography[link]

• Kings Bay (disambiguation), the name of several bays
• Kings County (disambiguation)
  • Kings County, New York, more commonly known as Brooklyn
  • King County, Washington
• Kings, Coles County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois
• Kings, Ogle County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois

Electoral districts[link]

• King's (New Brunswick electoral district) (1867–1903)
• King's (Prince Edward Island electoral district) (1892–1966)
• Kings (electoral district), Nova Scotia (1867–1924)

In sports[link]

• Barangay Ginebra Kings, a Philippine basketball team
• Chennai Super Kings, an Indian Premier League team based in Chennai, India
• Chittagong Kings, a Bangladesh Premier League team based in Chittagong, Bangladesh
• Cincinnati Kings, a USL Premier Development League soccer team based in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Eastern Province Kings, a provincial rugby union team based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Kings XI Punjab, an Indian Premier League team based in Mohali, India
• Kings of Wrestling (TNA) or Kings of Professional Wrestling
• Los Angeles Kings, an NHL team based in Los Angeles, California
• Sacramento Kings, an NBA team based in Sacramento, California
• Southern Kings, a proposed Super Rugby team based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Sydney Kings, an NBL team based in Sydney, New South Wales
• Ledley King, an english football player. Currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur FC

In education:

• University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• King's University College (Edmonton) in Edmonton, Alberta
• King's University College (University of Western Ontario), a campus of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario
• King's College London, a constituent college of the University of London
• King's College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge
• King's College School, a leading Eton Group school founded by King George IV
• King's College, Guildford, an International Baccalaureate school
• King's College (Taunton), a private boarding secondary school in Taunton, Somerset
• King's College, Newcastle, a former college of Durham University, which left to form Newcastle University
• King's College Hospital, a hospital in the London Borough of Southwark
• King's College, Aberdeen, the oldest part of the University of Aberdeen
• King College in Bristol, Tennessee
• King's College (North Carolina) in Charlotte, North Carolina
• King's College (Pennsylvania) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
• The King's College (California) in Los Angeles
• The King's College (New York) in New York City
• King's College (Thailand), Sampran, Nakonprathom
• King's College (Hong Kong), in Sai Wan
• King's College Budo, in Wakiso district, Uganda
• King's College, Lagos, Nigeria
• Kings College, Madrid
• King's College, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
• King's College, Auckland, New Zealand
• King's College, Christchurch, New Zealand
• King's College, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
• Kings International College, a secondary school in Camberley, Surrey
• The King's School, Parramatta, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
• The King's School, Sydney, closed in 1832, was located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• King's School (Auckland), Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand
• King's Schools, a private Christian school in North Seattle, United States
• King's School, Bruton, Somerset
• King's School Ottery St. Mary, Devon
• The King's School, Basingstoke, Hampshire
• The King's School, Grantham, Lincolnshire
• The King's School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
• The King's School, Macclesfield, Cheshire
• The King's School, Nottingham
• The King's School, Plymouth
• The King's School, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
• The King's School, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear
• The King's School, Witney, Oxfordshire
• The King's C.E. School, Wolverhampton
• Kings' School, Winchester, Hampshire
• King's School Senior, Fair Oak, Hampshire
• Kings School of English, a group of private English Language Schools
• "The King's School" most often refers to one of the seven schools established, or re-endowed and renamed, by King Henry VIII in 1541 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, to pray for his soul:
  • The King's School, Canterbury
  • The King's School, Chester
  • The King's School, Ely
  • The King's School, Gloucester
  • The King's School, Peterborough
  • The King's School, Rochester
  • The King's School, Worcester

Formerly known as King's College:

• Columbia University was known as King's College in the colonial-era
• University of Toronto was known as King's College from 1843 to 1850
• University of New Brunswick was originally named King's College
• Oriel College, Oxford was known as King's College from about 1326 to 1526

See also[link]

• King (disambiguation)

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Jay Nelson (a.k.a. Frank Coxe and Jungle Jay Nelson) (July 12, 1936 – February 18, 1994) spent most of his career in radio, although he did a brief stint on television in the early 1960s. He was married twice and had four children. His son Kevin was one of the morning hosts on Majic 100 in Ottawa, Ontario. Kevin died on December 13, 2011 at the age of 52 after a year long illness.

Jay started in radio at WRIT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1955. He then moved on to WARM in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1956; WHLO in Akron, Ohio in 1957; and WBNY in Buffalo, New York in 1960. He switched briefly to television, appearing on WKBW-TV, also in Buffalo, where he hosted an afternoon children's show in 1963.

On this show he appeared wearing a pith helmet and a faux leopard-skin costume, often working with a chimpanzee. It was at this time that he took the professional name Jungle Jay Nelson, a name that stuck for the rest of his career.

In the fall of 1963, CHUM radio in Toronto was looking for a new morning host. Prior to Jay's arrival, CHUM held a 'Hollywood Week' promotion with a series of programs that included actor and voice of "mr. Magoo" Jim Backus and Irene Ryan (Granny from "The Beverly Hillbillies") as temporary morning show fill-in hosts.

From May 27, 1957 until April 25, 1975, CHUM printed a weekly list of top songs and distributed it through local record stores. Jay Nelson's picture first appeared on the cover of a CHUM Chart in issue Number 351 on Monday, December 2, 1963. By coincidence, the first Beatles song ever to appear on a CHUM Chart, She Loves You, was listed at position 42 in that very same issue. However, Jay Nelson did not actually start working at CHUM until the following Monday, December 9 and the Beatles did not appear on the Ed Sullivan Show that made them famous in America until February 9, 1964.

Jay Nelson remained at CHUM for the next 17 years. Nelson did his last morning show at 1050 CHUM on December 24, 1980. His last show featured many tributes by current and former co-workers including talk show host John Gilbert, longtime CHUM air personality and Executive Bob Laine and Brian Williams. The mayor of Toronto at the time, Art Eggleton, also called in to wish Nelson well and presented a proclamation congratulating Nelson on his career at CHUM. The final song he played was Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon. After Nelson left CHUM, he briefly worked as a weatherman at CITY-TV, a television station owned by CHUM Ltd.

He returned to radio at CKFM-FM from 1982 to 1985; became CHFI morning man on August 1, 1985; switched to CHUM's old rival CKEY in May, 1986; and then moved to rival CJEZ as morning host from May, 1987 until August, 1990.

Other odd jobs he held were as:

• Weatherman City-TV - Toronto
• Maître d' at The Daily Planet - Toronto
• Operations manager at CKAN in Newmarket, Ontario
• Teacher at Toronto's National Institute of Broadcasting

External links[link]

• The Rockwood Aircheck Files: Jay Nelson
• Rock Radio Scrapbook: Airchecks: 1973
• Rock Radio Scrapbook: Airchecks: 1986-1990
• Toronto radio: A look back
• The Dan Haber Collection
• CHUM 1050
• CHUM Music Charts
• CHUM Music Charts Archive
• Radio People by Name