”UNITARIAN CHURCH.

The First Independent Unitarian Church, northwest corner of Franklin and Charles Streets, was organized at the house of Henry Payson on the 10th of February, 1817. The present site was soon afterwards purchased, and Maximilian Godefroy, a distinguished architect of the day, was employed to design and build the church…

The Rev. John F. W. Ware, of Cambridge, Mass., was invited on Jan. 12. 1864, to become the pastor of the church, and accepting the call, he, without any formal installation, began duty on May 15, 1864. He was a forcible and able pulpit orator, but becoming dissatisfied with his situation, he resigned his charge on June 29,1867. He continued for some time, however, to preach elsewhere in the city, and his Sunday evening discourses at Ford’s Opera-House attracted much attention.”

Reference Data:

History of Baltimore City and County, by John Thomas Scharf, 1881, page 590