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First Baptist Church of Scituate
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The church in 2013
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Location	656 & 660 Country Way, Scituate, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°12′58″N 70°46′37″W / 42.21611°N 70.77694°W / 42.21611; -70.77694
Built	1870
Architect	Shepard S. Woodcock
Architectural style	Victorian
NRHP reference No.	15000469
Added to NRHP	July 27, 2015

The First Baptist Church of Scituate is a historic Baptist church building at 656 Country Way in Scituate, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with eclectic Victorian styling, including quoining at the corners and bracketed eaves. It has a three-part round-arch window in the front-facing gable end, with a square tower rising to an octagonal spire set to its left. The church was built in 1869–70 as the second sanctuary for a Baptist congregation founded in 1815. The architect was Shepard S. Woodcock.

The church and its associated parsonage were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "NRHP nomination for First Baptist Church of Scituate". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-08-07.

External links

• First Baptist Church Official Website

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