First Baptist Church (Portland, Maine)

The First Baptist Church is a Baptist church congregation currently meeting at 360 Canco Road in Portland, Maine.[2] It met for many years in a now-demolished 1867 church building on Congress Street, where the Top of the Old Port Parking Lot is now located. That building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978,[1][3] and was removed in 2015.

First Baptist Church
The modern First Baptist Church in 2009
First Baptist Church (Portland, Maine) is located in Maine
First Baptist Church (Portland, Maine)
Location353 Congress St., Portland, Maine
Coordinates43°39′37″N 70°15′20″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1867
ArchitectLevi Newcomb
Architectural styleRomanesque, Norman Gothic
NRHP reference No.78000170[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 1978
Removed from NRHPJuly 14, 2015

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "First Baptist Church in Portland". First Baptist Church in Portland. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. "'Top of the Old Port' in 1960". Portland Press Herald. July 7, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2015.


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