Opened 1848 Added to NRHP 16 February 1990 | Built 1848 NRHP Reference # 90000060 Area 4,047 m² | |
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Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Hornbine Baptist Church, Winthrop Street Baptist C, Westville Congregational Church, Dighton Community Church, St Mary's Episcopal Church | ||
The First Baptist Church and Society is an historic Baptist church on Baptist Street in Swansea, Massachusetts. The congregation, founded in 1663, is the oldest Baptist congregation in Massachusetts and one of the oldest in the United States.
The congregation was founded in 1663 by John Myles as the first Baptist congregation in Massachusetts, and Myles brought the Ilston Book with him from Swansea in Wales. The congregation in Swansea, Massachusetts was located relatively nearby the First Baptist Church in America in Providence.
The current Greek Revival meeting house was constructed in 1848 and is the fifth building occupied by the congregation. The adjacent cemetery dates to 1731. The building and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.