The Unitarian Society in Marietta Ohio was founded in February 1855 by Nahum Ward (1785-1860), a prominent land speculator and philanthropist. Being a Unitarian since his boyhood in New England, Ward decided to place a notice in the January 30, 1855 edition of the newspaper Marietta Intelligencer. He asked all friends of liberal Christianity to assemble at the Court House for the purpose of establishing a Unitarian Society in the community. Construction of their new church began in July of the same year. It was completed two years later and dedicated on June 4, 1857. The bricks used for the church were all hand made from clay taken from the old Indian earthworks at Sacra Via park. Total cost of the building was $25 thousand and was assumed by Mr. Ward himself. He then sold it to the congregation for the sum of one dollar. The overall design of the Church is Gothic and is an imitation of a rural chapel which Ward had admired during one of his visits to England.
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