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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1638/00/00 Roger Williams Vocation First Baptist congregation established by Roger Williams
1639/00/00 Chad Brown (minister) Vocation Rev Chad Brown becomes pastor of the First Baptist Church in America. He led worship in groves, orchards or in the houses of its members.
1775/05/00 Joseph Brown of Providence Architect First Baptist Meetinghouse holds it's first meeting, May 1775, church built 1774-1775
1775/05/00 Nicholas Brown Jr Member First Baptist Meetinghouse holds it's first meeting, May 1775, church built 1774-1775
1907/00/00 H P Lovecraft Lecturer H P Lovecraft gives an illustrated astronomical lecture in the vestry of the First Baptist Meetinghouse to the Boy's Club

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Particulars for First Baptist Meetinghouse:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: First Baptist Meetinghouse
Registry Address: N. Main St., between Thomas and Waterman Sts.
Registry Number: 66000017
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Brown,Joseph; Multiple
Architectural Style: Georgian
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1774, 1775
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

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