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Old South Church

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Summary

Old South Church is a church building[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of church building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (809 views/month, #54 of 7,924).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boston[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Architect: Charles Amos Cummings[5], Willard Thomas Sears[6]
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival[7], High Victorian Gothic[8]
  • Commons category: Old South Church[9]
  • Inception: 1873[10]
  • Heritage designation: National Historic Landmark[11], National Register of Historic Places listed place[12]
  • Native label: Old South Church[13]
  • State of conservation: preserved[14]
  • Street address: 635-645 Boylston Street, Boston[15]

Why It Matters

Old South Church has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Old South Church. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-south-church
MLA “Old South Church.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 20 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-south-church.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_old-south-church_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Old South Church}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-south-church}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-20}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Hofoen · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architectural style → Gothic Revival, High Victorian Gothic
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'ru', 'th', 'uk', 'zh']
    Street address → {'lang': 'en', 'text': '635-645 Boylston Street, Boston'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boston, Adding a reference."
  2. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architectural style → Gothic Revival, High Victorian Gothic
    Country → —
    Architect → Charles Amos Cummings, Willard Thomas Sears
    Country → United States
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37008|batch #37008]]: Remove redundant P30 from buildings"
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