First Baptist Church of Scituate

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First Baptist Church of Scituate
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Location656 & 660 Country Way, Scituate, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°12′58″N70°46′37″W / 42.21611°N 70.77694°W / 42.21611; -70.77694 Coordinates: 42°12′58″N70°46′37″W / 42.21611°N 70.77694°W / 42.21611; -70.77694
Built1870
Architect Shepard S. Woodcock
Architectural styleVictorian
NRHP reference No. 15000469 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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+12-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]

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The church and its associated parsonage were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for First Baptist Church of Scituate". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-08-07.