Massachusetts
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See Branches of Plymouth Brethren to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB (& TW-P) are Halls & Chapels within the "open brethren" (although GH's (generally) maintain a separate network from the Chapels). EB/TW/TW-N are "Careful" Brethren (similar to OB Halls), and BC are (generally) independent community churches with early or indirect PB influence, and will (usually) not consider themselves "Brethren"). AA/CA refers to assemblies of African or Caribbean origin, or predominant demographic, although all ethnicities are overly welcome in any assemblies.
The above primer link expands on the abbreviations, and also contains introduction to this (and other) sheets within the overall History. There have been scores of branches with their own distinctive networks and strengths within the history of the PB, and many branches continue to flourish today, and while no assembly or gathering is identical to the others, each is thought to maintain a fervent desire for simplicity in gathering around the Lord Jesus, though practices and secondary doctrines may vary culturally and/or preferentially as autonomous (yet inter-dependent) local churches.
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Eastern MA
Boston/Cambridge/Newton, MA/N.H./CT metro
Essex County
Beverly
- Beverly Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1911-1933+
Danvers
- Danvers Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1933+
Lawrence
- Lawrence Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- Broadway Gospel Hall +1904+; Center Street Gospel Hall +1927+
- @ Broadway, Lawrence +1904+; Center St., Methuen +1927+
- c/o Thomas Wilkinson, 84 Brown St., Methuen +1927+
- Lawrence Meeting Room, MA (EB) 1879+
Lynn
- Lynn Meeting Room, MA (EB) +1878-1908+; (TW) +1909-1917+
- @ Miss Neal's, 337 Western Ave. +1880+
- c/o Louis Roberts @ cor. Franklin St. & Western Ave. +1880+
Merrimac
- Merrimac Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1962-1985+
Methuen
- Methuen Meeting Room, MA (EB) +1889+
Newbury
- Byfield Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- Depot Square Gospel Hall +1904+
- c/o Oliver Gould +1927+
North Andover Depot
- North Andover Depot preaching point, MA (EB) +1880+
- no meeting
- c/o Jno. Butterworth
Peabody
- Peabody Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1933+
Salem
- Salem Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1923-1927+
Saugus
- Cliftondale Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1927+
- Lincoln Avenue Gospel Hall
- @ 325 Lincoln Ave.
- c/o D. Walsh, 13 1/2 Putnam St.
Middlesex County
Chelmsford
- North Chelmsford Assembly, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- @ "Private House, A Village" +1904+; Woods Corner +1927+
- c/o W. Warley +1927+
Framingham
- Believer's Meeting Room, Framingham, MA (OB) +1927+
- @ Franklin St.
- c/o O.L. Herrick, Western Ave.
- South Framingham Meeting Room, MA (EB) +1879+
Groton
- Groton Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1914-1933+
Lowell
- Lowell Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- Central Street Gospel Hall +1904+; Moore Street Gospel Hall +1927+
- @ 1015 Central St., near Davis Square +1904+; Moore St. +1927+
- c/o William Alexander, 115 S. Whipple St. +1927+
- Lowell Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1917-1927+
Malden
- Malden Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1911+
Somerville
- Somerville Union Chapel, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- Somerville Union Chapel +1904+;
- @ corner of Broadway & Cedar Sts. +1904+; Broadway & Alfred Sts. +1927+
- c/o William B. Fleming, 148 Albion St. +1927+
- Willow Avenue Room, MA (PBCC) +1959+
- @ 76 Willow Ave.
Wakefield
- Wakefield Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1914-1951+
Norfolk County
Brookline
- Brookline Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1927+
- @ 64 Walnut St.
- c/o John Wilson, 80 University Rd.
Westwood
- Westwood Meeting Room, MA (TW-N) +1999+
Plymouth County
Brockton
- Brockton Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1927+
- @ Martland Ave.
- c/o John E. Glenn, 781 Main St.
Suffolk County
Boston
- Ashmont Street Room, MA (PBCC) +1959+
- @ 164 Ashmont St., Dorchester
- Boston African-American Gospel Hall, MA (AA/CA OB) +1927+
- c/o Joseph Cox, 332 Concord Ave., Cambridge
- Boston Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904+
- Tremont Street Gospel Hall (OB) +1904+
- @ 515 Tremont St.
- Boston Meeting Room, MA (EB) +1873-1908 (TW) +1909-1985+
- c/o F.G. Brown @ 3 Tremont Row +1873-1874+; F.A. Haworth @ 8 Summer St. +1880-1882+; F.W. Wade @ Chestnut Ave. +1882+; C. Crain @ 13 Tremont Row +1884+
- Hyde Park Meeting Room, MA (EB) +1878-1880+
- c/o C. Crain +1880+
- @ C. Cran's (sic?), Charles St. +1880+
- Jamaica Plain Meeting Room, MA (EB) 1879-1880+
- @ Bartlett's Building, opposite Providence R.R. Depot +1880+
- South Boston Meeting Room, MA (OB) +1880+
- @ 633 E. Broadway
- Willard Hall, MA (OB) +1911-1927+
- Cliff Street Gospel Hall
- @ 24 Cliff Street +1911-1927+
- c/o W.G. Farquar, 51 Fairbanks St., Brighton +1927+
Worcester County (also Worcester metro)
Auburn
- Auburn Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1985+
Hardwick
- Gilbertsville Meeting Room, MA (EB) +1889+
Holden
- Holden Meeting Room, MA (TW-N) +1999-2016+
Worcester
- Worcester Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1927+
- c/o James Scott, 721 S. Bridge St.
- Worcester Meeting Room, MA (EB) 1878-1908+; (TW) +1951+
- c/o Charles Wood @ 171 Grafton St. +1880+; C.E. Haskell @ 19 Home St. +1880+
Providence, R.I. / Warwick, MA metro
Bristol County
Fall River
- Fall River Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- Rodman Street Gospel Hall +1904-1927+
- @ 1249 Rodman St. +1904-1927+
- c/o James R. Reid, 450 Cambridge St. +1926-1927+
- The 1926 USCoRB indicated that (in 1927), there were 13 in fellowship (4 men, 9 women), as well as 37 S.S. students (with 5 teachers), and the hall was worth $2,000 with no debt owed.
- Fall River Meeting Room, MA (EB) +1878-1889+
- c/o J.B. Jackson @ 21 Stafford Rd. +1880+
New Bedford
- New Bedford Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- Fourth Street Gospel Hall +1904+; Purchase Street Gospel Hall +1927+;
- @ Fourth St. +1904+; 105 Purchase St. +1927+
- c/o David McGill @ 193 Blackmer St. +1927+
- 1926 USCoRB indicates that in 1927 there were 150 in fellowship (75 men, 75 women), including 12 S.S. teachers presiding over 100 students. The Hall was worth $20,000 with no debt.
Western MA
Springfield metro
Hampden County
Holyoke
- Holyoke Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- Main Street Gospel Hall +1904+; High Street Gospel Hall +1927+
- @ Main St. +1904+; 303 High St. +1927+
- c/o Robert Oliver, 235 Elm St. +1927+
Springfield
- Christ's Mission, MA (OB) +1927+
- @ 22 1/2 E. Court St.
- c/o S.O. Finch, 129 Grape St., Chicopee
- Main Street Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1927+
- @ 1910 Main St.
- c/o William Gourley, 48 Rimmon Ave., Chicopee
Westfield
- Westfield Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
- @ 146 Elm St. +1904+; Room 16, Commercial Bldg., 33 Elm St. +1927+
- c/o W.H. Emmerson, 115 Madison St. +1927+
Hampshire County
Ware
- Ware Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1923+; +1949+
