First Baptist Church (Portland, Maine)
First Baptist Church | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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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 |
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 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.
See also
References
- ^ 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 2015-02-09.
- ^ "'Top of the Old Port' in 1960". Portland Press Herald. July 7, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
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