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First Baptist Meetinghouse, 75 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

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First Baptist Meetinghouse, 75 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

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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

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Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Brown, Joseph
Hammand, Jonathan
Wheaton, Comfort
Summer, James
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Location

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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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