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Congdon Street Baptist Church

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Built
  
1874

Designated NHLDCP
  
November 10, 1970

Architectural style
  
Italianate architecture

Added to NRHP
  
21 June 1971

NRHP Reference #
  
71000032

Opened
  
1874

Phone
  
+1 401-421-4032

Congdon Street Baptist Church

Location
  
Providence, Rhode Island

Part of
  
College Hill Historic District (#70000019)

Address
  
17 Congdon St, Providence, RI 02906, USA

Architects
  
Charles F. Wilcox, Charles P. Hartshorn

Similar
  
Calvary Baptist Church, First Baptist Church in America, Grace Church, Beneficent Congregational Church, Bell Street Chapel

Profiles

The Congdon Street Baptist Church is an historically African American church at 17 Congdon Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.

The congregation was established in 1819, and originally met in a building located near the present site, which was torn down in 1869. The present building, a single-story Italianate structure, was built in 1874-75. The eaves and gables are decorated with sawn woodwork that resembles brick corbelling. The windows along the long sides of the building are tall sash windows with a segmented-arch top, while the street-facing gable end has a three-part round-arch window. The stages of the square tower repeat the corbel woodwork at each level. The church is set into a hill, exposing a full brick basement, through which entrance to the building is gained. The interior is decorated with plain Victorian woodwork and stencilling on the walls.

The architects were Hartshorn & Wilcox. Hartshorn was the successor of Thomas A. Tefft and this church echoes many of his designs.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 for its architectural significance.

References

Congdon Street Baptist Church Wikipedia