First Baptist Church - Fall River MA
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N 41° 42.293 W 071° 09.301
19T E 320699 N 4619254
First Baptist Church is an historic church at 200-228 N. Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Waymark Code: WMFBEY
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2012
Views: 2
The church was built in 1850 and was a work of Josiah Brown. It includes Greek Revival architecture. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1983.
Josiah Brown was a civil engineer and mill engineer of Fall River, Massachusetts.
The first church to be formed in Fall River is the First Baptist church organized with 30 memebers in 1781. It was known as "The Baptist Church in Freetown, Dartmourth and Tiverton". The First Baptist Church worshipped in Union Hall until it present edifice on North Main Street was completed in 1850.
Source: History of Fall River, Massachusetts
By Merchants Association, Fall River, Mass pp82
Street address: 200-228 N. Main St. Fall River , MA
County / Borough / Parish: Bristol
Year listed: 1983
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1850-1874
Historic function: Religion
Current function: Religion
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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