First Baptist Church (Boston, Massachusetts)
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First Baptist Church | |
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
Built/Founded: | 1872 |
Architect: | Henry Hobson Richardson; Frederic Auguste Bartholdi |
Architectural style(s): | Richardsonian Romanesque |
Added to NRHP: | February 23, 1972 |
NRHP Reference#: | 72000146 |
Governing body: | Private |
First Baptist Church (or "Brattle Square Church") is an historic Baptist church at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The congregation was founded in 1665, and the current church building was constructed in 1872 by Henry Hobson Richardson in a Romanesque style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
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- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-04-15).
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