FREE TOURS - Sunday 11 - 2 p.m. - May - October
Channing Memrial Church - a Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Erected in 1880 a memorial to William Ellery Channing (1780-1842). Born in Newport, Channing was an ardent anti-savery advocate, ws founder of the Unitarian faith in America and served as minister of the Arlington Street Church in Boston from 1803 until 1842. His defense of human dignity inspired - and inspires - many, including Henry David Thoreau, Margret Fuller, Horace Mann, Dorothea Dix, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Julia Ward Howe, who sat in the front pew on the left.
The Sanctuary was designed by the architect Elbridge Boyden f Worcester, MA.
The many beautiful 19th c Memorial Windows include two early works by John LaFarge, including Through the Valley of the Shadow, one of his largest.
Other windows are by Belcher, West and Mittermaier.
Sculptural works which grace our building include a bas-relief by Augustus St. Gaudens of Rev. Charles T. Brooks, and a statue in Turo Park across the street of Channing, by William Clark Noble. Decorative plaster reliefs on the walls and ceiling are among the finest anywhere.
The church is available for weddings and civil union ceremonies. Our Sanctuary and Parish Hall are wheelchair accessible.
Directions: The Church is located on Pelham Street, near the intersection of Bellevue Avenue and Memorial Blvd. From Memorial Blvd. (Rte 138A), turn onto Belevue Avenue heading north (away from the mansions). The third street on the left, across from the Newport Art Museum, is Pelham Street.
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