List of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist churches
This is a list of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist churches. Various congregations and/or individual churches as buildings, of these related religious groups have historic or other significance.
Numerous Unitarian churches are notable for having historic buildings, and there are former church buildings that are historic as well. There are numerous Unitarian churches that are listed buildings in England, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States, or that are noted on other historic registers.
This article includes churches notable either as congregations or as buildings or as both.
Australia
Canada
This is a list intended to cover notable Canadian Unitarian Universalist churches as either congregations or as buildings or as both. UU congregations in Canada are members of the Canadian Unitarian Council. The CUC is made up of 46 member congregations and emerging groups.| Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, Provence | Description |
| First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa | 1898 founded 1967 current building | Ottawa, Ontario | Congregation Founded in 1898. Current building constructed in 1967, it's memorable for its soaring spire and beautiful interior design. Architect, James B. Craig, won second place in an annual city design contest run by the Ottawa chapter of the Ontario Association of Architects for his work on the building. | ||
| First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto | 1845 founded 1950s current building | Toronto, Ontario | Founded in 1845, the second one in Canada following the congregation in Montreal. | ||
| Unitarian Church of Montreal | 1842 founded | Montreal, Quebec | The first Unitarian church in Canada, founded in 1842. | ||
| Unitarian Church of Vancouver | 1909 founded | Vancouver, British Columbia | Founded in 1909. Currently the largest UU congregation in Canada by official membership numbers, with 368 members. | ||
| Universalist Unitarian Church of Halifax | 1837 founded | Halifax, Nova Scotia | The first Universalist church in Canada, founded in 1837. Current building is registered as a historic place with the province of Nova Scotia. |
India
Indian Council of Unitarian Churches —ICUU- Khasi Unitarian Union: 9,000 members
- The Unitarian Christian Church of Chennai
Ireland
Philippines
The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines, Inc.Status: Full Member
Members: 2000
Ministers: 34
Founded: The Universalist Church of the Philippines was started in 1954 by Rev. Toribio S. Quimada. In 1954, the Church was affiliated with the Universalist Church of America. In 1988, UUCP was admitted as a member congregation of the UUA. In 1995, UUCP was one of the founding churches of the ICUU.
Congregations: 30
Romania
The Unitarian Church of Transylvania includes a number of individual churches, several with notable historic murals.| Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
| Unitarian church, Dârjiu | 13th century | Dârjiu | Unitarian fortified church, which is on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Murals, dating back to the Roman Catholic period, show King Ladislaus I of Hungary's legend. | ||
| Unitarian church, Braşov | Braşov | ||||
| Unitarian church, Cluj-Napoca | Cluj-Napoca | ||||
| Unitarian church, Crăciunel | Crăciunel | Has notable mural | |||
| Unitarian church, Cristuru Secuiesc | Cristuru Secuiesc | Has notable mural | |||
| Unitarian church, Inlăceni | Inlăceni | Ceiling has a statement rendered in Old Hungarian script | |||
| Unitarian church, Mugeni | Mugeni | Has notable mural | |||
| Unitarian church, Rugăneşti | Rugăneşti | Has notable mural | |||
| Unitarian church, Şimoneşti | Şimoneşti |
South Africa
The Unitarian Community of Cape Town is the founding site for Unitarianism in South Africa, started in 1867 by Rev. Dawid Faure. It is a welcoming congregation.United Kingdom
The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches counts about 180 churches as members. The following have articles on Wikipedia:- Billingshurst Unitarian Chapel, West Sussex
- Brighton Unitarian Church, 1820, built by Amon Henry Wilds
- Chowbent Chapel, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. Building dates from 1721. Building designated a Grade II* Listed building in 1966.
- Cross Street Chapel, Manchester. The Dissenters' Meeting House was opened in 1694 and holds a special place in the growth of nonconformism within the city. It became a Unitarian meeting-house c.1761. It was wrecked by a Jacobite mob in 1715, rebuilt and destroyed during a World War II air raid in December 1940. A new building was constructed in 1959 and the present structure dates from 1997
- Ditchling Unitarian Chapel, East Sussex
- Essex Church, the first Unitarian church in England, moved in 1880s from central London to Kensington
- Horsham Unitarian Church, West Sussex
- Newington Green Unitarian Church, north London
- Octagon Chapel, Norwich
- Richmond & Putney Unitarian Church, Richmond, London, dating from 1896
- Rivington Unitarian Chapel, near Manchester
- Todmorden Unitarian Church, in Yorkshire
- Underbank Chapel, in Sheffield
- Unitarian Chapel, Liverpool
- Upper Chapel, in Sheffield
United States
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| Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description' | - |
| Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship | 1955 founded | Anchorage, Alaska | Congregation made headlines in 2006 for its voluntary "payment in lieu of taxes" to its city government. | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church | 1898 built 1981 NRHP-listed | 2401 Bancroft Way | Berkeley, California | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley | Berkeley, California | Often abbreviated UUCB. Certified membership 2012-13 was 459 | - | |||
| Unitarian Universalist Church in Livermore | 1963 founded 1977 first permanent church 2007 expanded facility | 1893 N. Vasco Road | Livermore, California | Often abbreviated UUCiL. Certified membership 2012-13 was 158. | - | |
| Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin | San Rafael, Marin County, California | Often abbreviated UUCM. Certified membership 2012-13 was 154. | - | |||
| Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stanislaus County | 1953 founded | Near Modesto, California | The only Unitarian Universalist congregation, in Stanislaus County, which is within California's Central Valley. Has oldest building of any church in the county, owned by this congregation since the 1960s. | - | ||
| Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society | 1943 founded 1964 built | 9550 N. Haskell Avenue | North Hills, Los Angeles, California | Building, known as "the Onion," is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument; in 1966 was the site of an Acid Test. | - | |
| Throop Unitarian Universalist Church of Pasadena | 1887 founded | Pasadena, California | was founded in 1887 by Amos Throop and is the largest ex-Universalist church building west of the Mississippi River. Certified membership 2012-13 was 49. | - | ||
| Pacific Unitarian Church | 1957 founded 1965 building built | Rancho Palos Verdes, California | Recognized as a "Breakthrough Congregations" in 2008 based on growth, ministry, and donations. | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church of Oakland | 1891 built 1977 NRHP-listed | 685 14th Street | Oakland, California | Certified membership 2012-13 was 300. | - | |
| Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside | 1892 built 1978 NRHP-listed | Riverside, California | Norman English Gothic architecture, built of Permian age red sandstone from Arizona | - | ||
| First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco | San Francisco, California | Certified membership 2012-13 was 340. | - | |||
| First Unitarian Church of San Jose | 1892 built 1977 NRHP-listed | 160 N. Third Street | San Jose, California | Certified membership 2012-13 was 267. | - | |
| Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Rosa | 1954 founded 1961 first facility 2004 current facility | 547 Mendocino Avenue | Santa Rosa, California | Certified membership 2016 was 345. Largest UU congregation in the North Bay; second largest UU congregation in the San Francisco Bay Area. | - | |
| Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock | Founded in 1941 as The North Shore Unitarian Society | 48 Shelter Rock Road | Manhasset, New York | The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock is a spiritual home that nourishes both the heart and mind. It is a mix of engaging worship, religious education, opportunities for social action, and a community of caring, curious and compassionate people. www.uucsr.org | - | |
| Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, California | 1952 founded 1905 building built | 300 East Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, California | In 1971 this church, founded in 1952, purchased a former Methodist, Carpenter Gothic whose construction was started in 1905. | - | |
| Mount Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church | 1959 founded 2000 building built | 55 Eckley Lane | Walnut Creek, California | Certified membership 2012-13 was 455. | - | |
| Unitarian Meetinghouse | 1771 built 1972 NRHP-listed | Brooklyn, Connecticut | - | |||
| Unitarian-Universalist Church | 1870 built 1987 NRHP-listed | 20 Forest St. | Stamford, Connecticut | Gothic, English Country Gothic architecture | - | |
| Unitarian Society Hartford | 1830 founded | 50 Bloomfield Ave. | Hartford, Connecticut | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Society: East | 1969 founded 1979 built | 153 Vernon St. W | Manchester, Connecticut | - | ||
| Universalist Church of West Hartford | 1821 founded | West Hartford, Connecticut | - | |||
| The Unitarian Church in Westport http://uuwestport.org | 1949 founded | 10 Lyons Plains Road | Westport, Connecticut | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers | founded built | Fort Myers, Florida | - | |||
| First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches | founded built | North Palm Beach, Florida | - | |||
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola | 1958 founded | Pensacola, Florida | Serves congregants from Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties in Florida and Baldwin County, Alabama. | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs | 1882 founded | 230 Grand Boulevard | Tarpon Springs, Florida | One of the oldest UU churches in the South, home of Inness paintings. | - | |
| Rockwell Universalist Church | 1881 built 1985 NRHP-listed | Winder, Georgia | Greek Revival | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta | 1965 built; 2018 move to new building | 1911 Cliff Valley Way NE | Atlanta, Georgia | - | - | |
| First Unitarian Church of Honolulu | 1952 founded | 2500 Pali Highway | Honolulu, Hawaii | Only Universalist church in the state. In 1969, church offered refuge to U.S. service members protesting the war in Vietnam; the service members were arrested by military police within the church grounds. | - | |
| Unity Temple | 1905-08 built 1970 NRHP-listed | 875 Lake St. | Oak Park, Illinois | Building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Reopened in 2017 after restoration http://www.uujoliet.org/ | - | |
| First Unitarian Church of Chicago | 1836 founded | Hyde Park, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois | - | |||
| Beverly Unitarian Church | 1874 founded | Beverly, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois | - | |||
| Universalist Church/Arthur Stark House | 1855 built 1978 CP-NRHP-listed | Sycamore, Illinois | Contributing property in NRHP-listed Sycamore Historic District | - | ||
| Unitarian Church of Urbana | 1908 built 1991 NRHP-listed | 1209 W. Oregon St. | Urbana, Illinois | Bungalow/craftsman, Gothic, Tudor Revival in style | - | |
| Unitarian Fellowship of Elkhart | 1961 founded | 1732 Garden Street | Elkhart, Indiana | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church of Hobart | 1875 built 1999 NRHP-listed | 497 Main St. | Hobart, Indiana | Italianate architecture | - | |
| Unitarian Universalist Church, Tippecanoe County | 1949 founded 1959 built | 333 Meridian St. | West Lafayette, Indiana | Congregation moved from Temple Israel location it had occupied since 1976 to the former St. Andrews United Methodist Church building in West Lafayette, Indiana October 2007. | - | |
| First Universalist Church of Cedar Rapids | 1875 built 1978 NRHP-listed | 600 3rd Ave. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Mission/Spanish Revival building served for 135 years, but was demolished in 2011. | - | |
| First Unitarian Church | Des Moines, Iowa | In 2007, the minister performed the first legal same sex marriage in Iowa. | - | |||
| Universalist Church | 1878 founded | 420 4th St. | Mitchellville, Iowa | Mid 19th Century Revival architecture. NRHP-listed. | - | |
| First Universalist Church | 1876 built 1979 NRHP-listed | Auburn, Maine | Gothic Revival architecture | - | ||
| Dexter Universalist Church | 1867 built 1985 NRHP-listed | Church St. | Dexter, Maine | - | ||
| Unitarian Church of Houlton | 1902 built 1987 NRHP-listed | Military St. | Houlton, Maine | - | ||
| Universalist Meeting House | 1839 built 1988 NRHP-listed | New Gloucester, Maine | Greek Revival | - | ||
| Pittsfield Universalist Church | 1898 built 1983 NRHP-listed | N. Main and Easy Sts. | Pittsfield, Maine | Queen Anne | - | |
| First Universalist Society of West Sumner | 1867 built 2002 NRHP-listed | 1114 Main St. | Sumner, Maine | Greek Revival, Italianate | - | |
| Universalist-Unitarian Church | 1832 built 1978 NRHP-listed | Silver and Elm Sts. | Waterville, Maine | Gothic Revival, Federal | - | |
| First Unitarian Church | 1817 founded 1817 built 1972 NRHP-listed | Baltimore, Maryland | was founded in 1817 and is the oldest church building specifically built for worship by Unitarians, whereas older UU churches were built and initially used for other Christian denominations. The church gained prominence early in the American Unitarian movement when William Ellery Channing preached the "Baltimore Sermon" in 1819 at the ordination of Jared Sparks. The sermon was then the most published Unitarian tract in the United States and articulated for the first time the idea of Unitarian Christianity. | - | ||
| Unitarian Church of Barnstable | 1639 founded 1639 1907 built | Barnstable, Massachusetts | Current building built after a fire in 1907. | - | ||
| First Parish Church in Bedford | 1729 founded 1816 built | Bedford, Massachusetts | - | |||
| Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church | 1739 built 1993 NRHP-listed | Bernardston, Massachusetts | Greek Revival | - | ||
| Arlington Street Church | 1729 founded | Boston, Massachusetts | was the congregation of William Ellery Channing and Dana McLean Greeley. The congregation played a large role in the origin and foundation of the faith and has been a leader in social justice causes. It is considered by many to be the 'Mother Church' of the faith. | - | ||
| King's Chapel | Boston, Massachusetts | is one of the oldest New England churches of any denomination, and is on the Freedom Trail. It is one of the oldest surviving congregations in the United States. It was originally Episcopalian but unitarian Christian after the Revolution, in practice today an open but strongly Christian ecumenical church, traditional in its worship and using the latest revision of its Common Prayer Book. | - | |||
| First Parish Unitarian Universalist | 1716 founded 1717 built 1845 rebuilt | 50 School St. | Bridgewater, Massachusetts | - | ||
| Second Unitarian Church | 1916 built 1985 NRHP-listed | 11 Charles St. | Brookline, Massachusetts | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival | - | |
| First Parish Church of Dorchester | 1631 founded 1897 built | Dorchester, Massachusetts | This is the oldest worshiping congregation in the city of Boston. It was founded in 1630. | - | ||
| First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist | 1632 founded 1840 built 1978 NRHP-listed | Duxbury, Massachusetts | in Duxbury, Massachusetts, was founded in 1632 by Pilgrims. The Elder William Brewster was the church's first religious leader, and the church included John Alden and Myles Standish as members. It was the second religious body of the Plymouth Colony. Greek Revival building built in 1840. | - | ||
| Unitarian Memorial Church | 1901 built 1996 NRHP-listed | Fairhaven, Massachusetts | Late Gothic Revival. Very grand church donated by Henry Rogers. | - | ||
| The Unitarian Society | 1835 built 1982 NRHP-listed | Fall River, Massachusetts | Its 1835 Gothic Revival building was listed on the National Register in 1982, but was destroyed by fire in 1983. | - | ||
| Foxborough Universalist Church, Unitarian Universalist Association | 1838 founded 1843 built | Foxborough, Massachusetts | is the oldest church building in Foxborough. It was founded in 1838 and built in 1843. | - | ||
| First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church | 1700 founded | Framingham, Massachusetts | founded in 1700 | - | ||
| Follen Church Society | 1841 built 1976 NRHP-listed | Lexington, Massachusetts | was, from 1836 to 1838, the last pulpit of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Its unique octagonal sanctuary was designed by first minister Charles Follen, a noted abolitionist. | - | ||
| First Parish Unitarian Church | 1789 built 1974 NRHP-listed | Medfield, Massachusetts | Greek Revival | - | ||
| 1690 founded 1894 built 1975 NRHP-listed | Medford, Massachusetts | Gothic, Georgian architecture, also known as Unitarian Universalist Church and Parsonage'' | - | |||
| First Religious Society Church and Parish Hall | 1801 built 1976 NRHP-listed | 26 Pleasant St. | Newburyport, Massachusetts | Church was originally a Reformed congregation, is now Unitarian Universalist. Federal architecture. | - | |
| First Unitarian Society in Newton | 1906 built 1986 NRHP-listed | 1326 Washington St. | Newton, Massachusetts | Designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram: Late Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, Elizabethan Revival, other | - | |
| North Parish Church | 1836 built | 190 Academy Road | North Andover, Massachusetts | Unitarian Universalist church; building designed by Richard Bond and built in 1836 when the congregation changed from Puritan to Unitarian. Fifth meetinghouse of the congregation that was founded in 1645. The building's architecture is called "Cardboard Gothic" architecture. | - | |
| Universalist Society Meetinghouse | 1834 built 1999 NRHP-listed | Orleans, Massachusetts | Greek Revival | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church | 1872 built 1989 NRHP-listed | Peabody, Massachusetts | Greek Revival, Italianate | - | ||
| First Parish Church in Plymouth | 1606 founded | Plymouth, Massachusetts | founded in 1606 by Pilgrims, is the oldest church in continuous operation in the United States | - | ||
| First Universalist Church | 1829 founded 1847 built 1972 NRHP-listed | Provincetown, Massachusetts | Greek Revival Founded in 1829 as The Church of the Redeemer. The name was changed to the Universalist Church in 1863, and later to the Universalist Meeting House. Current Meeting House was built in 1847. | - | ||
| United First Parish Church of Quincy | 1828 built 1970 NRHP-listed | Quincy, Massachusetts | Burial place of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives. | - | ||
| Wollaston Unitarian Church | 1888 built 1989 NRHP-listed | 155 Beale St. | Quincy, Massachusetts | Shingle Style | - | |
| First Universalist Church | 1808 built 1983 NRHP-listed | Salem, Massachusetts | Federal | - | ||
| First Parish Church | 1616 founded | Scituate, Massachusetts | A small log cabin on Meeting House Lane served as the first church. The site is marked today by a monument that lists the early members of the parish, "The Men of Kent," and by gravestones from the 17th century. | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church | 1875-1899 built 1989 NRHP-listed | Somerville, Massachusetts | - | |||
| First Universalist Church | 1916 built 1989 NRHP-listed | 125 Highland | Somerville, Massachusetts | Romanesque, designed by Ralph Adams Cram | - | |
| First Unitarian Church | 1869 built 1984 NRHP-listed | Stoneham, Massachusetts | Stick/Eastlake, Gothic Revival | - | ||
| First Parish of Sudbury | 1797 built | Sudbury, Massachusetts | First Parish in Sudbury, MA was erected in 1797. Part of the Sudbury Center Historic District. | - | ||
| The First Parish | 1814 built | Wayland, Massachusetts | The First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts, was erected in 1814, although the congregation first gathered in 1640. The original church bell, still hanging in the recently renovated bell tower, was cast by the foundry of Paul Revere and Son. | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Weymouth | Weymouth, Massachusetts | Unitarian Universalist Church of Weymouth Successor to three Weymouth congregations, the oldest founded in 1836. Built in 1873. Provided the first pulpit for Olympia Brown, the first American ordained woman minister. | - | |||
| South Unitarian Church | 1894 built 1980 NRHP-listed | 888 Main St. | Worcester, Massachusetts | Romanesque | - | |
| First Unitarian Church | 1785 founded | Worcester, Massachusetts | founded in 1785 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The first minister was Aaron Bancroft the first president of the American Unitarian Association. Current membership is 450. | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Church | 1881 built 1978 NRHP-listed | 100 N. State St. | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque | - | |
| First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit | 1830s founded 1916 built | 4605 Cass Ave. | Detroit, Michigan | Neo-Gothic, Donaldson & Meier-designed. Perry McAdow House built 1892, NRHP list 1980. | - | |
| First Unitarian Church of Detroit | 1889 built 1982 NRHP-listed | Detroit, Michigan | Romanesque, Donaldson & Meier-designed. Destroyed by fire May 10, 2014. | - | ||
| Unitarian Church of the Messiah | 1880 built 1980 NRHP-listed 1987 demolished 1994 delisted | Locust and Garrison Sts. | St. Louis, Missouri | Peabody & Stearns-designed, Late Victorian. Demolished after damaged in a fire. | - | |
| Gaia Community | 1998 founded | Kansas City, Missouri | is the oldest active Pagan-themed UU congregation. Chartered on May 1, 1998, Gaia Community is not associated with CUUPS. | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church of St. Louis | 1835 founded | St. Louis, Missouri | was founded in 1835 and is the first Unitarian church west of the Mississippi. William Greenleaf Eliot, the first minister of the church, along with members of his congregation, founded Washington University in St. Louis in 1853, and was its first President. | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church of Omaha | 1917 built 1980 NRHP-listed | Omaha, Nebraska | Colonial Revival | |||
| People's Unitarian Church | 1901 built 1984 NRHP-listed | 1640 N St. | Ord, Nebraska | - | ||
| Unitarian Church | 1838 built 1984 NRHP-listed | Hampton Falls, New Hampshire | - | |||
| Peterborough Unitarian Church | 1825 built 1973 NRHP-listed | Main and Summer Sts. | Peterborough, New Hampshire | Federal | - | |
| South Parish | 1826 built 1979 NRHP-listed | State St. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Early Republic | - | |
| First Universalist Church | 1879 built 1979 NRHP-listed | Main St. | Kingston, New Hampshire | Stick/Eastlake | - | |
| First Universalist Chapel | 1845 built 2006 NRHP-listed | 3 2nd New Hampshire Turnpike | Lempster, New Hampshire | - | ||
| First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County | 1837 built 1986 founded 2018 NRHP-listed | Oak Summit Road | Kingwood Township, New Jersey | Historically known as the Old Stone Presbyterian Church in Kingwood | - | |
| Unitarian Church in Summit | 1908 founded 1913 built | Summit, New Jersey | - | |||
| First Unitarian Univeralist Society Albany | 1842 founded 1925 built | 405 Washington Avenue | Albany, NY | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo | 1831 founded 1906 built 2015 NRHP-listed | 695 Elmwood Ave. | Buffalo, NY | - | ||
| Unitarian Universalist Church | 1837 built 1993 NRHP-listed | 3 Church St. | Cortland, New York | Greek Revival, Federal architecture, implemented with Cobblestone architecture | - | |
| Dexter Universalist Church | 1841 built 2003 NRHP-listed | Brown and Kirby Sts. | Dexter, New York | Greek Revival | - | |
| First Unitarian Society of Ithaca | 1865 founded; 1893 built | 306 North Aurora Street | Ithaca, New York | Style: Romanesque Revival Architect: William Henry Miller | - | |
| Christ Church | 1901 built 2008 NRHP-listed | 6 Orchard St. | Middletown, Orange County, New York | Late Gothic Revival | - | |
| First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn | 1833 founded built | Pierrepont Street and Monroe Place, Brooklyn Heights | Brooklyn, New York City | - | ||
| Unitarian Church of All Souls | 1819 founded | 1157 Lexington Avenue | Manhattan, New York City | Founded in 1819 following an inspiring sermon by William Ellery Channing during a visit there, All Souls is one of the largest and most influential churches in the denomination. Herman Melville and Peter Cooper were members of All Souls, and minister Henry Whitney Bellows led the congregation for 43 years. Forrest Church, author and theologian, served as senior Minister for almost 30 years and was Minister of Public Theology until his death on September 24, 2009. | - | |
| Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York | Founded: 1838 Current Building Constructed: 1898 | 160 Central Park West | Manhattan, New York City | Dubbed the "Cathedral of Universalism," the Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York was founded in 1838. Through the years, the congregation has attracted such notables as P. T. Barnum, Horace Greeley, Louise Whitfield Carnegie, and Lou Gehrig to its pews. In 1898, the congregation constructed its current building across from Central Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Designed by William Appleton Potter, the church contains significant works by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Clayton and Bell and the Ernest M. Skinner & Company. | - | |
| First Unitarian Universalist Church of Niagara | founded 1922 built | 639 Main St. | Niagara Falls, New York | - | ||
| First Universalist Church of Portageville | 1841 built 2008 NRHP-listed | E. Koy Rd. at NY 19A | Portageville, New York | Greek Revival with Gothic and Federal elements | - | |
| First Universalist Church | 1908 built 1971 NRHP-listed | Rochester, New York | Romanesque Revival style, designed by Claude Fayette Bragdon | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church of Rochester | 1962 built 2008 NRHP-listed | 220 Winton Road South | Rochester, New York | Susan B. Anthony, national leader of the women's suffrage movement, was a long-time member. The building was designed by Louis Kahn. | - | |
| The Boone Unitarian Universalist Fellowship | Founded 1958 | 381 E. King St. | Boone, NC | Liberal religion in the High Country for over 50 years | - | |
| The Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte | 1947 founded 1965 built | 234 North Sharon Amity Road | Charlotte, North Carolina | - | ||
| Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship | Durham, North Carolina | - | ||||
| St John's Unitarian Universalist Church | 1814 founded 1868 Washington Park location 1960 Clifton location | 320 Resor Ave Cincinnati, OH 45220-1698 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Founded in 1814, St John's is one of the oldest congregations west of the Appalachians. The congregation occupied several locations before moving to historic Washington Park building. The Congregation relocated to current Clifton location in 1960. Architectural lines in the floor of the current building track the sun at the winter solstices and the equinoxes; at summer solstice, the sun shines along the interior ceiling. The facade is said to be slightly curved which if extended would be create a circle centered in the heart of Cincinnati. Sound quality for musical performances is said to be extraordinary. | - | |
| All Souls Unitarian-Universalist Church | 1822 founded 1897 built 1976 NRHP-listed | Bellville, Ohio | Richardsonian Romanesque | - | ||
| First Universalist Church | 1980 NRHP-listed | Cincinnati, Ohio | Designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons in Romanesque style | - | ||
| First Congregational-Unitarian Church | 1830 founded 1889 built 1976 NRHP-listed | 2901 Reading Rd. | Cincinnati, Ohio | Richardsonian Romanesque | - | |
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent Ohio | Kent, Ohio | - | ||||
| First Universalist Church of Lyons, Ohio | 1852 gathered 1868 built | 145 East Morenci Street | Lyons, Ohio | Victorian | - | |
| First Unitarian Church of Marietta | 1855 built 1973 NRHP-listed | 232 3rd St. | Marietta, Ohio | Gothic Revival | - | |
| Universalist Church | 1970 CP NRHP-listed | Montgomery, Ohio | Contributing property in NRHP-listed Universalist Church Historic District | - | ||
| First Universalist Church of Olmsted | 1847 built 1980 NRHP-listed | 5050 Porter Rd. | North Olmsted, Ohio | Greek Revival | - | |
| Springboro Universalist Church or "Old Stone Church" | 1905 built 1999 NRHP-listed as part of Springboro Historic District | 300 South Main Street | Springboro, Ohio | Late Gothic Revival. Springboro's Universalist Church built the "Old Stone Church" in 1905, the congregation disbanded in the 1950s. Church presently used by South Dayton Church of Christ. | - | |
| Universalist Church of Westfield Center | 1849 built 1978 NRHP-listed | LeRoy and Greenwich Rds. | Westfield Center, Ohio | Greek Revival, Stick/Eastlake | - | |
| All Souls Unitarian Church | 1921 founded 1955 built | Tulsa, Oklahoma | is the largest one-church UU congregation. | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church of Portland | 1924 built 1978 NRHP-listed | 1011 SW 12th Ave | Portland, Oregon | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival | - | |
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania | 1902 founded 1908-1909 built | 538 West Chestnut Street. | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | transitional Gothic Revival by C. Emlen Urban; Franz Xaver Zettler stained glass with unique pacifist themes; Charles Connick stained glass | - | |
| First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia | 1796 founded 1886 built 1971 NRHP-listed | 2125 Chestnut St. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Church was established by Joseph Priestley on June 12, 1796, and is currently the first continuously functioning church in the United States to proclaim itself "Unitarian". Frank Furness-designed Gothic building. | - | |
| First Universalist Church | 1872 built 1977 NRHP-listed | Providence, Rhode Island | Gothic | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church of Providence | 1720 founded 1816 built | Providence, Rhode Island | - | |||
| Unitarian Church in Charleston | 1772 founded 1787 built 1973 NRHP-listed | 4 Archdale St. | Charleston, South Carolina | Gothic Revival architecture; a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Church, established in 1772, is "the oldest Unitarian church in the South". | - | |
| Liberty Universalist Church and Feasterville Academy Historic District | 1832 built 1984 NRHP-listed | Near Winnsboro, South Carolina | - | |||
| Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church | 1949 founded 1997 built | Knoxville, Tennessee | site of the 2008 Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church of Memphis, the Church of the River | 1898 | 292 Virginia Avenue, West a/k/a Burton Dean Carley Drive | Memphis, Tennessee | Award-winning architecture by Roy Harrover for church building built in 1966 | - | |
| Cavendish Universalist Church | 1844 built 1973 NRHP-listed | VT 131 | Cavendish, Vermont | Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival | - | |
| Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society | Middlebury, Vermont | - | ||||
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington | 1948 founded 1964 built | 4444 Arlington Boulevard | Arlington County, Virginia | Brutalist style sanctuary listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. | - | |
| Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church | 1957 founded | Edmonds, Washington | - | |||
| All Souls Church, Unitarian | 1821 founded | Harvard Street | Washington, D.C. | on Harvard Street in DC, was founded in 1821 by John Quincy Adams, and has spawned many Unitarian congregations in the Joseph Priestley District. | - | |
| Universalist National Memorial Church | 1925 founded 1930 built | 1810 16th Street, NW | Washington, D.C. | - | ||
| Free Congregation of Sauk County | 1852 founded 1884 built 1988 NRHP-listed | 309 Polk St. | Sauk City, Wisconsin | Oldest Freethought-oriented congregation in the United States, located in Sauk City, Wisconsin, since 1852. Its current building, known as Freethinkers' Hall or as Park Hall, was built in 1884. | - | |
| First Unitarian Society of Madison | 1949-1951 built 1973 NRHP-listed 2004 NHL | Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin | This is one of the largest congregations; its Modern Movement building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located in Shorewood Hills, a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin | - | ||
| First Unitarian Church | 1891 built 1974 NRHP-listed | 1009 E. Ogden Ave. | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Ferry & Clas-designed Gothic Revival building | - | |
| United Unitarian and Universalist Church | 1878 built 1987 NRHP-listed | 216 Main St. | Mukwonago, Wisconsin | Gothic | - | |
| Stoughton Universalist Church | 1858 built 1982 NRHP-listed | 324 S. Page St. | Stoughton, Wisconsin | - | ||
| First Universalist Church | 1898 built 1980 NRHP-listed | 504 Grant St. | Wausau, Wisconsin | Medieval English Revival style building designed by Alexander C. Eschweiler | - |
Worldwide
- Church of the Larger Fellowship is a worldwide congregation.
- International Council of Unitarians and Universalists is an umbrella organization founded in 1995 bringing together many Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists.