First Baptist Church of Scituate
First Baptist Church of Scituate | |
The church in 2013 | |
| Location | 656 & 660 Country Way, Scituate, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°12′58″N 70°46′37″W / 42.21611°N 70.77694°W |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architect | Shepard S. Woodcock |
| Architectural style | Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000469 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 27, 2015 |
The First Baptist Church of Scituate is a historic Baptist church building at 656 Country Way in Scituate, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with eclectic Victorian styling, including quoining at the corners and bracketed eaves. It has a three-part round-arch window in the front-facing gable end, with a square tower rising to an octagonal spire set to its left. The church was built in 1869–70 as the second sanctuary for a Baptist congregation founded in 1815. The architect was Shepard S. Woodcock.[2]
The church and its associated parsonage were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for First Baptist Church of Scituate". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
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