First Baptist Meetinghouse, 75 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
Summary
Significance: This is the third meeting house of the first Baptist church in America, founded in 1638 by Roger Williams. The present building, a well-known architectural monument, was built in 1774-1775, and designed by Joseph Brown following English models.
Survey number: HABS RI-38
Building/structure dates: 1775 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1884 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000017
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Brown, Joseph
Hammand, Jonathan
Wheaton, Comfort
Summer, James
Location
Riverside, 41.82745, -71.40829
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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