MA-017 First Meetinghouse

Marker text: FIRST MEETINGHOUSE

Site of the first meetinghouse built on the open green in 1640. The bell, hung in 1642, is said to have been brought from England by order of the Reverend William Worcester, who settled here in 1639.

Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission.

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Location: Elm Street (Rt 110) and Mudnock Road, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

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