The First Baptist Church is a Baptist church congregation currently meeting at 360 Canco Road in Portland, Maine.[2] It met for many years in a now-demolished 1867 church building on Congress Street, where the Top of the Old Port Parking Lot is now located. That building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978,[1][3] and was removed in 2015.
First Baptist Church | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 The modern First Baptist Church in 2009 | |
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| Location | 353 Congress St., Portland, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′37″N 70°15′20″W / 43.66028°N 70.25556°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1867 |
| Architect | Levi Newcomb |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Norman Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000170[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 31, 1978 |
| Removed from NRHP | July 14, 2015 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "First Baptist Church in Portland". First Baptist Church in Portland. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ "'Top of the Old Port' in 1960". Portland Press Herald. July 7, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
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