Mount Vernon Congregational Church (Boston)

Name: Mount Vernon Congregational Church (Boston)
Address: Ashburton Place, Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, 02102, United States

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On this site in 1855, was where Edward Kimball, taught Sunday School. A young D. L. Moody came to his class one Sunday. Kimball was impressed to visit his at the shoe store that his uncle operated nearby.

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