Abstract Phillips Church was founded on December 10, 1823, under the name of “The Evangelical Congregational Church of South Boston” by an Ecclesiastical council of thirteen original members. Services were held in Union Hall on Fourth Street, between B and C Streets, until March 9, 1924, when a small brick church was erected at the corner of Broadway and A street. On March 25, 1834, the church was incorporated. It was named after the first mayor of Boston, John Phillips. A larger wooden church was...