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==Boston/Cambridge/Newton, MA/[[New Hampshire|N.H.]]/[[Connecticut|CT]] metro==
===Essex County===
In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated two open assemblies in Essex Co., unknown locations, meeting in rented halls with a combined capacity of 300.
====Beverly====
* [[Beverly Meeting Room, MA]] (TW-EB) +1911-1933+
====Danvers====
* [[Danvers Meeting Room, MA]] (TW-EB) +1933+
====Lawrence====
* [[Methuen Meeting Room, MA]] (EB) +1889+
In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated two open assemblies in Essex Co., unknown locations, meeting in rented halls with a combined capacity of 300. Also one two PB-III (TW-Lowe EB), one in a home, and another in rented hall with a capacity of 50, and a total attendance of 34.
====Newbury====
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/4d82b23b101c92fde1b8758b5242830fb3ae357f.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 23 in fellowship (7 men, 16 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 30 children (for a total of 53). The Hall was at a rented facility, and $439.70 was spent towards the Lord's work (including $279.70 toward a building fund).
===Middlesex County===
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated two Grant assemblies in Middlesex Co., with 9 meeting in a rented halls with a total capacity of 40. There was also one open assembly with a rented hall with a capacity of 150.
====Cambridge====
* [[Beech Street Assembly, Cambridge, MA]] (OB) +1941+
====Groton====
* [[Groton Meeting Room, MA]] (TW-EB) +1914-1933+
====Lowell====
** WiS 1912-12: Lowell, Mass.: "Mr. Mm Matthews spent a Lord's day with the Assembly here, and another in Lawrence. These are two Assemblies not often visited by the Lord's servants."
* [[Lowell Meeting Room, MA]] (TW-EB) +1917-1927+
====Malden====
===Norfolk County===
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated a Grant assembly in Norfolk Co., with 12 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 80.
====Brookline====
* [[Brookline Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1922-1941+
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/732856931 Newspapers.com] 1925-12-19 article from the Brantford Expositor referencing a find of some PB of 140 sheets of previously undiscovered Shakespearian MSS, as well as a Breeches Bible and other collectibles by a Rogers family that relocated from [[England]] to Boston, affiliated with the PB, as well as mention of a Mr. Thomas & Mr. Sumner, also PB. They buried the MSS in 1818 to protect it from a famous forger.
* [[Ashmont Street Boston Assembly Room, MA]] (PBCCRaven-Taylor EB) +1889-1959+
** @ 164 Ashmont St., Dorchester
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated a PB-IV assembly in Suffolk Co., with 100 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 200.
** 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+
*** Virginia Cran Farrar (b. 1916 Seattle, [[Washington|WA]] - d. 2007 Scarborough, Cumberland, [[Maine|ME]]). Her father was Florence Huss' 1st husband John Newell Cran (b. 1882 Hyde Park, Suffolk, MA - d. 1917 Seattle, WA). Husband: George Otis Farrar (b. 1906 Boston, MA - d. 1986 Portland, Cumberland, ME), son of George Henry Farrar (b. 1840 Marlborough, Cheshire, [[New Hampshire|N.H.]] - d. 1915 Boston, MA) & Carrie Frances Nichols Farrar (b. 1871 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA - d. 1950 Brighton, MA). George, Sr. was a hotel proprietor in 1910 in Boston, and a son of Minot Farrar & Mabel Barnes Farrar.
* [[Cliff Street Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +18971890-1941+
** Willard Hall; Boston Gospel Hall & Cliff Street Gospel Hall +1911-1941+;
** @ 25 Common St., Charlestown +1897+; 515 Tremont St. +1904+; 24 Cliff Street, Roxbury +1911-1941+
**** Elizabeth Ritchie Summers' parents were Andrew Ritchie (b. 1827 Pitsligo, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1899 Rosehearty, Aberdeen, Scot.) & Elisabeth Downie Ritchie (1832-1916 Rosehearty, Aberdeen, Scot.).
*** emig. 1908. Lived in Brookline, Norfolk, MA in 1910, worked as a general contractor. By 1920, he had moved to Boston, still self-employed as a carpenter which he did thru 1940. Lived in Brighton in 1926.
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one assembly in Suffolk Co., with 107 meeting in an owned hall (worth $150) with a capacity of 200.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/cd041a3becc9098382264d8862041652bcd92fc5.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 199 in fellowship (61 men, 138 women) including 22 S.S. teachers, presiding over 203 children (for a total of '''502''' in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $3,209.09 in expenses), and $2,888.63 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
* [[Hyde Park Meeting Room, MA]] (EB) +1878-1884 (G-EB) 1884-18941912+** c/o C. Cran +1880+; J. Cran +1894+; c/o J.B. Jackson +1912+
** @ C. Cran's @ Charles St. +1880+
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated two PB-I (Grant) assemblies in Suffolk Co., with 78 meeting in rented halls, out of a total capacity of 154.
* [[Jamaica Plain Meeting Room, MA]] (EB) 1879-1880+
===Worcester County (also Worcester metro)===
====Auburn====
* [[Auburn Meeting Room, MA]] (TW-EB) +1985+
====Hardwick====
* [[Gilbertsville Meeting Room, MA]] (TW-Lowe EB) +1889+
====Holden====
====Worcester====
* [[Bible Truth Hall, Worcester, MA]] (Grant EB) 1884?-1890+
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Worcester Co., with 18 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 30.
* [[Grandview Gospel Hall, Worcester, MA]] (OB) +1922-1941+
** Central Gospel Hall, Worcester +1922-1936+
*** @ 31 King? St. +1926+; 721 S. Bridge St. +1927+
** c/o F.L. Shaw @ 12 Intervale Rd. +1941+
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one open assembly in Worcester Co., with 7 meeting in a home. Unknown if this was that.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/911e26feaa5b11aca0f4b67988b9f401b67b38f7.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 36 in fellowship (17 men, 19 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 35 children (for a total of 71). The Hall was a rented facility (with $650 in expenses), and $275 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
** c/o Rocco Cappiello 1936-1938+; Dominick Protano @ 34 Chilmark St. +1941+; Joe Camarra ?-present
* [[Worcester Meeting Room, MA]] (EB) 1878-1884; (TW-Lowe-Raven EB) 1884-1889; (TW-Lowe EB) 1889-1908+; (TW-EB) +1951+
** c/o Charles Wood @ 171 Grafton St. +1880+; C.E. Haskell @ 19 Home St. +1880+
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one PB-III assembly in Worcester Co., with 15 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 50.
==Providence, [[Rhode Island|R.I.]] / Warwick, MA metro==
* [[Fall River Meeting Room, MA]] (EB) +1878-1889+
** c/o J.B. Jackson @ 21 Stafford Rd. +1880+
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated a PB-I (Grant assembly) in Bristol Co., with 2 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 12. It also said there was a PB-III (TW-Lowe EB) assembly with 10 meeting in a home.
====New Bedford====
* [[New Bedford Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1890/1897-1941+
** Fourth Street Gospel Hall +1904+; Purchase Street Gospel Hall +1922-1941+;
** @ 287 Fourth St., rear of Rivet St. +1897-1904+; 105 Purchase St. +1922-1941+
** c/o David McGill @ 193 Blackmer St. +1922-1927+; William Marsden @ 20 Pleasant St., S. Dartmouth +1936+; David Simpson @ 101 Bonney St. +1941+
** In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated one open assembly in Bristol Co. (probably New Bedford), with 30+ meeting in an owned hall (worth $500) with a capacity of 100.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/5e005d65010dd98b5e9c874ef4297bcc0e044641.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicates that in 1927 there were 150 in fellowship (75 men, 75 women), including 12 S.S. teachers presiding over 100 students (for a total of 250 in 1926). The Hall was worth $20,000 with no debt.
** WiS 1912-12: "Mr. Thos. Black has returned from an extended trip to the Canadian Northwest. He says that most of the Assemblies are nice and hearty going forward in Gospel testimony. The country is young and there is much need of pioneering; blazing out the way so to speak. Young men willing-hearted and clean in life, and not above sleeping occasionally in the humble Sod-house of the prairie farmer will find plenty of opportunities of witnessing for and preaching Christ. Gentleman preachers able to the meeting Sunday night and sit down or loaf around during the week are not wanted there."