Revision as of 09:59, 7 January 2022

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 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 Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
  • Lawrence Gospel Hall or Broadway Gospel Hall +1904+; Methuen Gospel Hall or Center Street Gospel Hall +1927+
  • @ Broadway, Lawrence +1904+; Center St., Methuen +1927+
  • c/o Thomas Wilkinson, 84 or 90 Brown St., Methuen +1927+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that (in 1927), there were 47 in fellowship (17 men, 30 women) including 7 S.S. teachers, presiding over 35 children (for a total of 82). The Hall had a value of $5,000, and $360 was spent (in 1926) towards the Lord's work.

• Methuen Meeting Room, MA (EB) +1889+

Newbury

• Byfield Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
  • Depot Square Gospel Hall +1904+; Central St. +1926-1927+
  • c/o Oliver Gould +1927+; Alvin Gould +1926-1927+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that (in 1926), there were 18 in fellowship (4 men, 14 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 16 children (for a total of 34). The Hall was a rented facility, and $200 was spent (in 1926) towards the Lord's work.

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) +1926-1927+
  • Lincoln Avenue Gospel Hall +1927+
  • 2nd St. home & Felton St. clubhouse +1926+; 325 Lincoln Ave. +1927+
  • c/o David Walsh @ 13 1/2 Putnam St. +1926-1927+
  • 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

Chelmsford

• North Chelmsford Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
  • @ "Private House, A Village" +1904+; Woods Corner +1927+
  • c/o William Warley +1927+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 41 in fellowship (15 men, 26 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 20 children (for a total of 61). The Hall had a value of $3,000 with no debt (and with $336.98 in expenses), and $325.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.

Framingham

• Believer's Meeting Room, Framingham, MA (OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ 81 Franklin St.
  • c/o O.F. (or O.L.) Herrick @ Western Ave.
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 45 in fellowship (13 men, 32 women) including 1 under 13 years old. The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,113.70 in expenses), and $764.60 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.

• 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 +1926-1927+
  • @ 1015 Central St., near Davis Square +1904+; Moore St. +1926-1927+
  • c/o George McKee @ 76 Maple St. +1926-1927+; William Alexander, 115 S. Whipple St. +1927+;
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 40 in fellowship (15 men, 25 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 35 children (for a total of 75). The Hall had a value of $6,000 with no debt, $600 was spent in 1926 on assembly expenses, and $500.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.

• Lowell Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1917-1927+

Malden

• Malden Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1911+

Somerville

• Union Chapel, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
  • Somerville Union Chapel +1904+; Medford Union Chapel +1926-1927+
  • @ corner of Broadway & Cedar Sts., Somerville +1904+; 42 Alfred St., Medford +1926-1927+
  • c/o Willard P. Doudale? @ 45 Conwell Ave. +1926-1927+; William B. Fleming, 148 Albion St. +1927+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 80 in fellowship (40 men, 40 women) including 9 S.S. teachers, presiding over 60 children (for a total of 140). The Hall was worth $18,750 (including $2,250 for the land), with a $7,100 debt at the end of 1926, with $1135.33 in assembly expenses including the new building and sidewalk), and $1863.59 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.

• Willow Avenue Room, MA (PBCC) +1959+
  • @ 76 Willow Ave.

Wakefield

• Wakefield Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1914-1951+

Norfolk County

Brookline

• Brookline Gospel Chapel, MA (OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ 366 Washington St. +1926+; 64 Walnut St. +1927+
  • c/o James Mawhinney @ 447 Washington St. +1926-1927+; John Wilson @ 80 University Rd. +1927+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 52 in fellowship (23 men, 29 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 50 children (for a total of 102). The Hall had a value of $22,000 with a debt of $16,500 (with $1,940 in expenses), and $375 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Westwood

• Westwood Meeting Room, MA (TW-N) +1999+

Plymouth County

Brockton

• Brockton Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ 45 Martland Ave.
  • c/o John E. Glenn @ 781 Maine St.
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 22 in fellowship (10 men, 12 women) including 2 S.S. teachers, presiding over 14 children (for a total of 36). The Hall had a value of $2,500 with a debt of $2,100 (with $482.71 in expenses), and $50.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Suffolk County

Boston

• Ashmont Street Room, MA (PBCC) +1959+
  • @ 164 Ashmont St., Dorchester

• Boston African-American Gospel Hall, MA (AA/CA OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ 714-A Shawnee Ave.
  • c/o Joseph A. Cox @ 332 Concord Ave., Cambridge
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (4 men, 7 women) including 2 S.S. teachers, presiding over 30 children (for a total of 41). The Hall was a rented facility (with $330 in expenses), and $50 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

• 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

• Cliff Street Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1911-1927+
  • Willard Hall; Cliff Street Gospel Hall +1911-1927+
  • @ 24 Cliff Street, Roxbury +1911-1927+
  • c/o William G. Farquhar @ 51 Fairbanks St., Brighton +1926-1927+
  • 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.

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

• Central Gospel Hall, Worcester, MA (OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ 544 Main St. +1926-1927+
  • c/o James Scott +1926-1927+
    • @ 31 King? St. +1926+; 721 S. Bridge St. +1927+
  • 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.

• 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

Chicopee

• Chicopee Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ home of Sydney C. Finch
  • c/o Sydney C. Finch @ 236 Springfield St.
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 6 in fellowship (3 men, 3 women). $115.50 was spent towards the Lord's work.

Holyoke

• Holyoke Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
  • Main Street Gospel Hall +1904+; High Street Gospel Hall +1927+
  • @ Main St. +1904+; 303 High St. +1926-1927+
  • c/o Robert Oliver, 235 Elm St. +1927+; John McEwen +1927+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 38 in fellowship (15 men, 23 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 30 children (for a total of 68). The Hall was a rented facility (with $550 in expenses), and $675 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.

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) +1926-1927+
  • @ 1910 Main St.
  • c/o William Gourley, 48 Rimmon Ave., Chicopee
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 25 in fellowship (10 men, 15 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 47 children (for a total of 72). The Hall was a rented facility (with $498.52 in expenses), and $306.24 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.

Westfield

• Believers Meeting Room, Westfield, MA (OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ Room 8, Commercial Bldg.
  • c/o Clifton A. Noble @ 21 High St.
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 3 in fellowship (1 man, 2 women). The Hall was a rented facility (with $250.00 in expenses), and $150.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.

• Westfield Gospel Hall, MA (OB) +1904-1927+
  • @ 146 Elm St. +1904+; 29 Elm St. +1926-1927; Room 16, Commercial Bldg., 33 Elm St. +1927+
  • c/o W.H. Emerson, 15 Madison St. +1926-1927+
  • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 8 in fellowship (2 men, 6 women). The Hall was a rented facility (with $81.94 in expenses), and $35.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work.

Hampshire County

Ware

• Ware Meeting Room, MA (TW) +1923+; +1949+