Emmanuel Baptist (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Emmanuel Baptist or the Main Street Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building at 717 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is the only example of Norman Style architecture in the city. The brick church was built in two parts: the chapel was built in 1853, and the main church body was built in 1855. The elements characteristic of this particular style include recessed wall paneling, the corbelled roofline, buttresses, and the recessed entry framed by an arch. The church was built for the Third Baptist congregation, which merged with the First Baptists in 1902, at which time the building was sold to the First Presbyterian Church of Worcester.[2]

Emmanuel Baptist
Location717 Main St.,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°15′27″N 71°48′29″W
Built1853
MPSWorcester MRA
NRHP reference No.80000536 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 5, 1980

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Emmanuel Baptist Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-11.


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