Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 82004751 | Built 1855 (1855)-1856 Opened 1855 Added to NRHP 15 March 1982 | |
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Similar St James the Less Roman C, Lake Kittamaqundi, Lake Elkhorn, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Middle Patuxent Environm |
St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, now known as Sweet Prospect Baptist Church, is a historic Roman Catholic church located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is an 1855-1856 Italianate-influenced masonry structure that is constructed of stuccoed brick walls resting on a rubble stone foundation. It was designed by Niernsee & Neilson. The exterior features twin square towers flanking the main façade and a semi-octagonal apse flanked by one-story pavilions on the back. It is the most intact remaining example of an Italianate public edifice in Baltimore. Under instructions from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, the final mass was held at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, on June 26, 1966, and the congregation merged with that of St. James the Less Roman Catholic Church, just two block away. The church then became the New Central Social Hall.
St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.