Location Swansea, Massachusetts MPS Swansea MRA Opened 1916 Added to NRHP 16 February 1990 | Built 1916 NRHP Reference # 90000055 Phone +1 508-672-3382 | |
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Address 25 Church St, Swansea, MA 02777, USA Architectural style Shingle style architecture Similar First Baptist Church, Baptist Church In Warren, Third Baptist‑Bi Centered, First Baptist Church of Bristol, North Tiverton Baptist C | ||
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South Swansea Baptist Church (formerly South Swansea Union Church) is a historic church building at 25 Church Street (corner of Gardner's Neck Road) in Swansea, Massachusetts. Built in 1916, it is Swansea's best example of a Shingle-style church. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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Description and history
The South Swansea Baptist Church is set at the northwest corner of Church Street and Gardner's Neck Road in an otherwise residential area. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, set on a raised rubblestone foundation with a gabled roof. A gabled section projects on the south side, and there is at the southeast corner a square tower with an open belvedere below a tent roof. The gables each have groups of lancet-point windows, with a small round window in the gable above. The exterior is clad in wooden shingles, and the overhanging eaves have exposed rafter ends.
The congregation of South Swansea began as a Sunday school operation in 1910, when the Gardner's Neck area was growing rapidly due to suburban residential development. It first met in private homes and other facilities. Religious services were organized in 1915, while land was sought for a church site. The church was completed in September 1916 on land purchased from Edwin Gardner; its architect is unknown. The property also includes a parish house, which dates to the 1960s.