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added 1936 OB
====Methuen====
* [[Methuen Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-19271936+** Lawrence Gospel Hall or Broadway Gospel Hall +1904+; Methuen Gospel Hall or Center Street Gospel Hall +19271936+** @ Broadway, Lawrence +1904+; Center St., Methuen +1922-19271936+** c/o Samuel Spence, 90 Summer St., Lawrence +1922+; Thomas Wilkinson, 84 or 90 Brown St., Methuen +1927+; Ernest Halbach, 6 Quincy St. +1936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/24a7be3ade060949dce3cf25d128daede8473745.jpg 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.
====Newbury====
* [[Byfield Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-19271936+
** Depot Square Gospel Hall +1904+; Central St. +1926-1927+
** c/o Ira Alvin Gould +1922-1927+ (b. 1853 West Newbury, MA - d. 1947 Haverhill, Essex, MA), son of Tristran S. Gould (1810-1881 W. Newbury, MA, a local shoemaker) & Annie Perkins Gould (b. 1810 Hampton, [[New Hampshire|N.H.]]), married 1838 @ W. Newbury. Alvin's grandparents were Joseph Gould (b. 1765 Newburyport, MA - d. 1825) & Susanna Rogers Gould (b. 1766 Newbury, MA). Wife: Faustina Rogers Gould (b. 1858 Newbury, MA - d. 1944 Newburyport, MA). Faustina was in fellowship with the Methodist church in Byfield, toward the end of her life. Alvin was misprinted as Oliver Gould in the 1922 & 1927 AAB's.
**** James A. Lowe (b. 1908 Woburn, MA - d. 1989 Arnesbury, MA). Wife: Virginia Frances Rogers Lowe (b. 1910 Newbury, MA - d. 2010 Newburyport, MA), daughter of Fred & Virginia Rogers.
**** Ruth Snowden Lowe Lord (b. 1915 Newbury, MA - d. 1970 Danvers, MA). Husband: Asa Judson Lord (b. 1901 Plaistow, Rockingham, N.H. - d. 1954 Newbury/Byfield, MA), son of Asa Lord & Sarah Judson Lord.
** c/o Frederick L. Pearson +1936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/c07a81c755e7ce1868a583762545a7aa5fd70829.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 18 in fellowship (4 men, 14 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 16 children (for a total of 34 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility, and $200 was spent towards the Lord's work.
====Saugus====
* [[Cliftondale Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1922-19271936+
** Lincoln Avenue Gospel Hall +1922-1927+
** 2nd St. home & Felton St. clubhouse +1926+; 325 Lincoln Ave. +1922-1927+; Essex St. (nr. Felton) +1936+** c/o E. Gibbs, Tun, 23 Grove St. +1922+; David Walsh @ 13 1/2 Putnam St. +1926-19271936+
** [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===
====Cambridge====
* [[Cambridge Gospel Hall, MA]] (AA/CA OB) +1922-1936+
** Shawmut Avenue Gospel Hall +1922-1927+; Cambridge Gospel Hall +1936+;
** @ 608 Shawmut Ave., Boston +1922+; 714-A Shawmut Ave., Boston +1926-1927+; 888 Main St., Cambridge +1936+
** c/o Joseph A. Cox @ 332 Concord Ave., Cambridge +1922-1927+; James Swan, 8 Field St. +1936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/31afbfb57be4fc8e8eac1364a014abf641b2fbc0.jpg 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.
* [[Cambridge Gospel Room, MA]] (KLC-EB) 1900-'''2022+'''
** @ 69 Norfolk St.
====Chelmsford====
* [[North Chelmsford Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-19271936+** @ "Private House, A Village" +1904+; Woods Corner +1922-19271936+** c/o William Warley /Worley +1922-19271936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/0184650ab36992b49891109e7110cbb47c89b97b.jpg 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, FraminghamGospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1922-19271936+** Framingham Gospel Hall +1922+; +1936+; Believer's Meeting Room +1927+;** @ 81 Franklin St. +1926-1927+; 100 Beech St. +1936+
** c/o Hamilton Bros., 120 Tremont St., Boston +1922+;
** c/o Olin Fisk Herrick @ Western Ave. +1926-19271936+ (b. 1881 Wilbraham, Hampden, MA - d. 1958 Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA), son of William Braman Herrick (b. 1855 CT) & Lucy A. Fisk Herrick (b. 1852 Southampton, MA - d. 1923 Auburndale, MA).
*** William B. Herrick was a son of William Henry Herrick (b. 1822 Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. - d. 1886 Marlborough, MA) & Tryphena Stratton Herrick (b. 1828 Elmore, Lamoille, VT - d. 1909 Boston, MA). The senior William was a Methodist pastor, serving Blandford, Hampden, MA in 1860.
*** Lucy was a daughter of Franklin Fisk (b. 1814 Framingham, MA - d. 1896 Auburndale, MA), who retired as a Methodist Episcopal pastor, including in Stoughton (1840-1841). She was active in the Auburndale UMC, and a treasurer of a teachers' agency in Boston. She was a great-grand-daughter of Moses Fisk (b. 1746 Natick - d. 1810 Framingham, MA), who "responded to the Lexington Alarm from Natick" in 1775 which was the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
====Lowell====
* [[Lowell Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-19271936+** Central Street Gospel Hall +1904+; Brough Street Gospel Hall +1922+; Moore Street Gospel Hall +1926-19271936+** @ 1015 Central St., near Davis Square +1904+; 139 Brough St. +1922+; Moore St. +1926-19271936+** c/o Kirby S. Taylor +1922+; George McKee @ 76 Maple St. +1926-1927+; William Alexander, 115 S. Whipple St. +1927+;Richard Murphy, 58 Crowley St. +1936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/91b06fed1285103904ec417bdfe1794440e3ea0c.jpg 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.
====Somerville====
* [[Union Chapel, MA]] (OB) +1904-19271936+** Somerville Union Chapel +1904+; Medford Union Chapel +1922-19271936+** @ corner of Broadway & Cedar Sts., Somerville +1904+; 42 Alfred St.(Broadway & Alfred Sts.), Medford +1922-19271936+** c/o Willard P. Doudale? @ 45 Conwell Ave. +1926-1927+; William B. Fleming, 148 Albion St. +1922-19271936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/c051223e41c589f84ee394c9b607cf471f2acaf1.jpg 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+
===Norfolk County===
====Brookline====
* [[Brookline Gospel Chapel, MA]] (OB) +1922-19271936+
** Brookline Village Gospel Hall +1922+
** @ 64 Walnut St. +1922+, +1927+; 366 Washington St. +1926+; 64 Walnut St. +1927-1936+** c/o John "Jock" Wilson @ 80 University Rd. +1922-1927+ 1930 (b. 1876 Lugar or Auchinleck, Ayr, Scot., emig. 1911, d. 1930 Foxborough, MA). Carpenter. Still living in Brookline in 1930. Son of James Wilson (b. (ca.) 1842 Tarbolton, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1916 Cathcart, Glasgow, Scot.) & Margaret Kelly Wilson (b. 1843 Liverpool, Eng. - d. 1931 Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scot.). Wife (1900 @ Glasgow, Scot.): Margaret White Kay Wilson (b. 1877 Glasgow, Scot.). Children:
*** James R. Wilson (b. 1901 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1983 Carlsbad, San Diego, CA). Wife: Arline A. Thompson Wilson (b. 1904 Somerville, MA - d. 1991 Oceanside, S.D., CA).
*** Agnes "Nan" Wilson Olson (b. 1906 Glasgow, Scot. - d. 1991 Belmont, MA). Later @ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Street_Church Park Street Church], a conservative congregational meeting in Boston that historically supports [[InterVarsity_Christian_Fellowship|IVCF]] & Gordon Conwell TS. Husband (1938): Gordon W. Olson (b. 1896 MA).
*** Geraldine Margaret "Jerry" Wilson (b. 1912 Brookline, MA - d. 2001 Eliot, York, ME)
** c/o James Mawhinney @ 447 Washington St. +1926-1927+;
** c/o Robert J. Richardson, 7 Dunboy St., Brighton +1936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/34b9003fac28151c55f909b02605e8d4c6e438fe.jpg 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====
* [[Islington Assembly, MA]] (OB) +1936+
** c/o Jackson Lynas, 173 Washington St.
* [[Westwood Meeting Room, MA]] (TW-N) +1999+
===Plymouth County===
====Brockton====
* [[Brockton Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1926-19271936+** @ 45 Martland Ave.+1926-1927+; Community Hall, Fern St. (off Pleasant St.) +1936+; ** c/o John E. Glenn @ 781 Maine St.+1926-1927+; George F. Piers, 29 Perkins Ave., Campello, Brockton +1936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/568035e356e49492fac69bcdb5442be74b70107c.jpg 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===
** 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+
* [[Boylston Street Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1936-1937+** @ 739 Boylston St., Room 309** c/o William Huss +1936-1937 (b. 1878 Newark Heights, Essex, [[New Jersey|N.J.]] - d. 1937 Arlington Heights, Middlesex, MA), son of Henry Charles Huss & Ann Tompkins Huss; Itinerant evangelist. 1925-1937 lived @ Arlington Heights. Wife: Florence Jean Preston Cran-Huss (b. 1881 Suffolk Co., MA - d. 1962 Arlington, MA), daughter of Henry M. Preston (b. 1842 Chester, N.H. - d. 1920 Middleton, Essex, MA) & Hannah Peaslee Whitten-Preston (b. 1842 Sandwich, Carroll, N.H. - d. 1883 Milton, Norfolk, MA). Henry Preston was a Civil War veteran; Children: *** 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) +1904-19271936+** Willard Hall; Cliff Street Gospel Hall +1911-19271936+; Boston Gospel Hall; ** @ 515 Tremont St. +1904+; 24 Cliff Street, Roxbury +1911-19271936+
** c/o Samuel Shillady +1922+ (b. 1858 Drumgooland, Co. Down, Ireland - d. 1931 Boston, MA)
*** wife (1883): Margaret "Bessy" Bingham Shillady (b. 1852 Drumgooland, Co. Down, Ireland - d. 1934 Roxbury, MA), daughter of Joseph Bingham (b. 1819 Ireland - d. 1905 Banbridge, Ireland) & Anne Jane McGaffin Bingham (b. 1824 Drumgooland, Ireland - d. 1916 Glasgow, Scot.); Bessy was a mantle maker in 1881 @ Glasgow. Her parents were married in 1850 @ Banbridge, Ireland.
*** apprentice ship carpenter @ Blackfriars, Glasgow, [[Scotland|Scot.]], boarded with the Burgham family +1881+; emig. 1888 @ NYC on the Devonia as carpenter; ship carpenter @ Winthrop, Suffolk, MA in 1900; In 1911, he was a railroad carpenter, still living in Winthrop. By 1913, he had removed to Boston (with his mother Elizabeth and siblings Jacob & Mabel), as a railroad carpenter, and retired by 1930.
** c/o William George Farquhar +1922-19271936+ (b. 1882 Insch, Aberdeen, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1955 Stoneham, MA), son of William Farquhar (b. 1851 Insch, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1925). The senior William Farquahar was employed in 1891 as a carpenter. W.G.'s great-grandparents were James Farquhar (b. 1779 Monymusk, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1862 Insch, Scot.) & Anne Forbes Farquhar (b. 1777 Kennethmont, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1840 Insch, Scot.).
*** wife: Margaret Ann Summers Farquhar (b. 1877 Cruden, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1944 Brighton, MA), daughter of Andrew Summers (1848-1928 Cruden, Aberdeen, Scot.) & Elizabeth Ritchie Summers (b. 1852 Pitsligo, Aberdeen, Scot. - d. 1916 Cruden, Aberdeen, Scot.). Andrew was employed in 1881 as a fisherman.
**** 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.).
* [[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
====Worcester====
* [[Central Gospel Hall, Worcester, MA]] (OB) +1922-19271936+** @ 119 Chandler St. +1922+; 544 Main St. +1926-19271936+** c/o Jonathan Dalzell+1922+, 42 Lewis St. +19221936+;
** c/o James Scott +1926-1927+
*** @ 31 King? St. +1926+; 721 S. Bridge St. +1927+
===Bristol County===
====Fall River====
* [[Fall River Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-19271936+** Rodman Street Gospel Hall +1904-19271936+** @ 1249 Rodman St. +1904-19271936+** c/o James R. Reid+1922-1936+*** @ 1249 Rodman St. +1922+; 450 Cambridge St. +1926-1927+; 1138 N. Main St. +1936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/d028b26609003f811522cb4c8c61c962c3958ed8.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 13 in fellowship (4 men, 9 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 37 children (for a total of 50 in 1926). The Hall was worth $2,000, with no debt owed, with $253 spent on hall expenses, and $289 towards the Lord's work.
====New Bedford====
* [[New Bedford Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-19271936+** Fourth Street Gospel Hall +1904+; Purchase Street Gospel Hall +1922-19271936+;** @ Fourth St. +1904+; 105 Purchase St. +1922-19271936+** c/o David McGill @ 193 Blackmer St. +1922-1927+; William Marsden @ 20 Pleasant St., S. Dartmouth +1936+
** [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.
====Chicopee====
* [[Chicopee Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) 1907-1927+
** Chicopee Gospel Hall 1907-1927+; ** The Finch family also operated "Christ's Mission" @ 22 1/2 E. Court St., in Springfield in 1927, which had Sydney Finch as a correspondent, and a mailing address of 129 Grape St., Chicopee, where the sisters lived.
** @ home of James Finch 1907-1926; home of Sydney C. Finch, 236 Springfield St. 1926+; 22 1/2 E. Court St., Springfield +1927+
** c/o James Finch 1907-1926 (b. (ca.) 1844 Co. Armagh, N.I. - d. 1926 Chicopee, MA)
====Holyoke====
* [[Holyoke Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) +1904-19271936+** Main Street Gospel Hall +1904+; High Street Gospel Hall +1927+; Suffolk Street Gospel Hall +1936+** @ Main St. +1904+; 303 High St. +1922-1927+; 40 Suffolk St. +1936+** c/o Robert Oliver +1922-19271936+*** @ 408 High St. +1922+; 235 Elm St. +1926-1927+; 274 Oak St. +1936+
** c/o John McEwen +1927+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/f7844dd40a457af62dc857ecd31cf72627d5c05f.jpg 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====
* [[Main Street Springfield Gospel Hall, MA]] (OB) 1914-1936+** Main Street Gospel Hall +1922-1927+; St. James Avenue Gospel Hall +1936+
** @ 148 Main St. +1922+; 1910 Main St. +1926-1927+
** c/o William James Gourley 1914?/+1922-1936+ (b. 1895 Mullaglass, Co. Armagh, N.I., emig. 1914; d. 1957 Springfield, MA), son of Samuel Gorley (b. 1859 Co. Armagh, N.I. - d. 1915 Newry, Co. Down, N.I.) & Annie McCollough Gourley (b. 1867 Co. Armagh, N.I. - d. 1950 Chicopee, MA). Wife: Florence Louise Morrow Gourley (b. 1901 Providence, R.I. - d. 1985 Chicopee, MA), daughter of George Morrow (b. 1868 Lisburn, Antrim, N.I., emig. 1891, m. 1892, d. 1953 Providence, R.I.) & Margaret Jane Bushell Morrow (b. 1867 Lisnaskea, N.I., emig. 1891, d. 1951 Providence, R.I.). Children: William George Gourley (b. 1938 Chicopee, MA); Anita Marilyn Gourley (b. 1927 Salem, MA), married James Edward Carroll (b. 1928 Varick, Seneca, N.Y. - d. 2004 Largo, Pinellas, FL); Dorothy Louise Gourley (b. 1922 Beverly, MA - d. 1999 Danvers, MA), married Lester Curtis Alboth (b. 1919 Lynn, Essex, MA - d. 1959 Danvers, MA).
*** By 1911, William and his parents, siblings, and paternal grandmother were all registered as PB, and previously all were Church of Ireland in 1901.
*** In 1947, he was credited in Letters of Interest for his leadership at a semi-annual New England Sunday School Workers' Conference at the Pawtucket Gospel Hall in [[Rhode Island]], presided by James Stirling, and spoken at by T. Ernest Wilson & Andrew Stenhouse.
====Westfield====
* [[Believers Meeting Room, Westfield, MA]] (OB) +1926-19271936+** @ home of W.G. Emmerson, Room 8, Commercial Morrissey Bldg., Elm St.+1922-1936+** c/o Clifton A. Noble @ 21 High St.+1922-1927+; Richard L. Bosley @ Granville Rd. +1936+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/6c501b4abe4287bc6c05f817e86818abbb3e6caf.jpg 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.