First Baptist Church (Portland, Maine)

First Baptist Church
Location 353 Congress St., Portland, Maine
Coordinates 43°39′37″N 70°15′20″W / 43.66028°N 70.25556°W / 43.66028; -70.25556Coordinates: 43°39′37″N 70°15′20″W / 43.66028°N 70.25556°W / 43.66028; -70.25556
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1867
Architect Levi Newcomb
Architectural style Romanesque, Norman Gothic
NRHP Reference # 78000170[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 31, 1978
Removed from NRHP July 14, 2015

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 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "First Baptist Church in Portland". First Baptist Church in Portland. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  3. "‘Top of the Old Port’ in 1960". Portland Press Herald. July 7, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-08.


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