OYMH History

History of the
Old Yellow Meeting House
Dracut Massachusetts

The building was originally built in 1794, and served as the Centre Church and Town Meeting House. It is considered the town of Dracut’s most significant landmark, and it is located at the geographical center of the town.

The primary founding families of Dracut were Colburn, Richardson, and, Varnum. Around the town one will fine many references to those family names, and they all played an integral role in the history of the OYMH.

Moses Greeley Parker, was one of town’s most famous residents, and the Dracut Library is named after him. Moses Greeley Parker came to the OYMH as a boy, and in his later years gave a speech here entitled: My Recollections of President Lincoln (see Ref Literature below).

Christ Church United Dracut was established in 1969 as a merger of First Parish Congregational Church (Old Yellow Meeting House) and the First Evangelical Church (Hillside). Both churches had their roots in the first congregational society founded in Dracut in 1711.

Reference Literature

Link to PDF of ‘Dracut Historic Preservation Plan and Town Wide Survey of Historic Resources’, go to Page II-30.

Link to PDF of Massachusetts Historical Commission Building Archive

Link to Moses Greely Parker’s ‘Recollections of President Lincoln’ Speech on Google books.
books.google.com/books?id=v_IOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=moses+parker+greeley+and+the+yellow+meeting+house&source=bl&ots=OdH_JCMki3&sig=SV7AcqSNfbq9_vtHPD0vECwJjw8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxwarkuL3YAhWc14MKHTlRB4oQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=moses%20parker%20greeley%20and%20the%20yellow%20meeting&f=false

Contact Information
Old Yellow Meeting House
10 Arlington Street (PO Box 100)
Dracut, MA 01826.
(Next to Dracut Library/Town Hall)
978-459-2022
[email protected]

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Dracut Historical Society
1660 Lakeview Ave Dracut, MA 01826
(978) 957-1701
Open Sundays: 1-3pm

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History of theOld Yellow Meeting HouseDracut Massachusetts

History of the
Old Yellow Meeting House
Dracut Massachusetts