First Baptist Church (Boston, Massachusetts)
- First Baptist Church (Boston, Massachusetts)
Infobox_nrhp | name =First Baptist Church
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caption =
location= Boston, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 6
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 4
long_seconds = 36
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1872
architect= Henry Hobson Richardson; Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
architecture= Richardsonian Romanesque
added = February 23, 1972
governing_body = Private
refnum=72000146[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
First Baptist Church (or "Brattle Square Church") is a historic Baptist church at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
History
The congregation was founded in 1665, and the current church building was constructed in 1872 by Henry Hobson Richardson. Featuring ivy-covered walls and a prominent tower with distinctive carvings, this building highlights many of the Romanesque qualities that would later be shown in the nearby Trinity Church, one of Richardson's masterpieces. The Baptist Church's tower can clearly be seen as part of Boston's skyline when viewed from the Cambridge side of the Charles river. This church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
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