Genealogy in Medford
Middlesex County, Massachusetts


Houses of Worship
(Listed by denomination)

Baptist

First Baptist Church
34 Oakland St.
781-396-6593 or 781-396-3811
First Baptist Site
org. July 2, 1841
First building on Salem St. - in 1872 moved to Oakland St.
West Medford Baptist Church
59 Boston Ave.
781-488-3562
est. 1895
South Medford Baptist Church
est. c. 1894
In 1960, located at Dexter and Main Streets
Shiloh Baptist Church
Holton and Bower Sts.
781-483-8850
est. May 4, 1898
Original buildings at 23 Jerome and 30 Lincoln
Community Baptist Church
470 Fulton St.
781-396-5536
est. c. 1922
New England Baptist Church
30 Salem St.
781-393-6116
 

Catholic

Archdiocese of Boston - Archives

Immaculate Conception
10 Fellsway East, Malden
781-324-4941
Parish website
Before St. Joseph's was established catholics in Medford worshipped at the Immaculate Conception Church on the Medford/Malden line.
Immaculate Conception was est. c. 1854.
St. Joseph's
114 High St
781-396-0423
Parish website
est. c. 1876
St. Raphael's
512 High St., West Medford
Parish Center: 781-488-9609
St. Raphael Parish Home
est. c. 1902
St. James
779 Fellsway
781-391-1127
est. c. 1919
closed in 2004
St. Francis of Assissi
441 Fellsway West
Parish House: 781-396-3400
Church Website
est. c. 1921
Sacred Heart
55 Winthrop St.
781-396-2232
est. c. 1937
closed in 2004
St. Clement's
71 Warner, Somerville
781-396-3922
est. c. 1912

Congregational - UCC

Congregational Library & Archives

Mystic Congregational Church In 1822 First Parish became Unitarian and the Trinitarians left
forming the Second Congregational Society - building on High St.
later moved to 30 Salem St
Congregational Church of West Medford - UCC
400 High St.
781-395-3360
First gathered as The Mystic Sabbath School in 1864
Organized as CCWM in 1872
orig. building Harvard and Bower
due to a fire in 1903, a new building was built at 400 High St.
Union Congregational Church
15 Marion
Est. c. 1887
First met in Somerville
1890 bldg. in Medford dedicated
many people of Scottish ancestry
closed about 1990
North Street Congregational Church
144 North St.
782-396-8435
Est. c. 1926

Episcopal

Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts - Archives

Grace Episcopal Church
160 High St.
781-396-0362 or 781-396-7215
Est. 1847

Judaism

Temple Shalom
475 Winthrop St.
781-395-9611
Medford Hebrew Association met as early as 1914
Jews attended temples located in Somerville or Malden
Medford Jewish Community Center and Temple Shalom located at 42 Water Street from 1945 to 1958
Building on Winthrop since 1958

Unitarian Universalist

Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford
147 High St.
781-396-4549
U U Ch. of Medford Site
First Parish c. 1690 at 279 High
1727 moved to 226 High St.
1770 moved to 147 High St (High and Powderhouse)
1822 became Unitarian- First Unitarian Church (Trinitarians split off)
1961 merged with First Universalist Society and Hillside Universalist Church (below)
First Universalist Society
Est. 1831 - merged with the First Unitarian Church in 1961
Now Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford (above)
Orig. building 29 Forest St.
Hillside Universalist ChurchEst.1897 - Orig building at 320 Boston Ave.
Merged in 1961 into Universalist Unitarian Church of Medford (above)

United Methodist

Wesley United Methodist Church
100 Winthrop
781-395-5262
Wesley Website
In 1966, 3 churches merged to become Wesley (see below)
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Est. 1871 - merged in 1966 to become Wesley
Orig. building at Bower and Holton
some church records
Hillside Methodist ChurchEst. 1896 - merged in 1966 into Wesley
Orig. building at Winthrop and Dearborn
- had an associated school
St. John's Methodist Church Organized 1915 - Orig. building on Main St. at Frederick in South Medford - grew out of a division of Hillside Methodist Church
- 1966 merged into Wesley (see above)
First Community United Methodist Church
55 Otis St.
781-396-5436
First Community U M Site
In 1964 two churches merged
First Methodist Episcopal Church and the Wellington Community Church
First Methodist Episcopal ChurchSociety incorporated in 1828 - first chapel located on Cross Street
1845 - second building located at Salem and Oakland
1873 - third building Salem near Cross Street - included a 140 foot spire with one of the town clocks and an 1800 lb. bell - destroyed by fire in 1905
1907 building on Otis street
1964 merged into First Community United Methodist (see above)
Wellington Methodist Episcopal Churchservices began in 1878
1886 building on Fourth St
chapel known as Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church of Wellington
1918 name changed
merged in 1964 into First Community United Methodist (above)
some church records


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