Calvary Baptist Church (Providence, Rhode Island)

The Calvary Baptist Church is an historic church at 747 Broad Street in Providence, Rhode Island.

Calvary Baptist Church
LocationProvidence, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°48′13″N 71°24′29″W
Built1897
ArchitectBadgley, Sidney Rose; Hill, Arthur Eaton
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Other
MPSElmwood MRA
NRHP reference No.80000089[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 1980

In 1854, the First Baptist Church of South Providence and Fifth Baptist Church merged to form Friendship Baptist Church. The congregation constructed the current building in two phases. In the first, a small chapel (now facing Stanwood Street) was designed by Sidney Rose Badgley and built in 1897. Rapid growth of the congregation meant this space was inadequate soon after it was completed, and the larger main sanctuary, a Gothic Revival octagonal-roof structure drawn from plans by Badgley and Arthur Easton Hill, was built in 1905–1907.[2] After moving to the new location the church was renamed Calvary Baptist Church. The church meeting house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The congregation is currently affiliated with the American Baptist Churches/USA (ABCUSA).

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "MRA nomination for Elmwood Area (PDF pages 60-61)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-09.


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