Show BOSTONS FIRST MEETING HOUSE I 1 I I I I I I I I I A r r This first Boston meeting house erected In 1632 was constructed at a time when the church and tho town wero ono and the same thing In 1639 when a larger edifice was demanded by the growing congregation a now meeting house was erected on the site of the present Rogers building and tho cost of this second structure was defrayed by weekly contributions of Quo church This second meeting houso was destroyed by a fire In 1711 and tho third home of tho first church was Immediately rebuilt on the samo site Tho cost of this third building was mainly met by private subscriptions |