First Baptist Church of Scituate

The First Baptist Church of Scituate is a historic Baptist church building at 656 Country Way in Scituate, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-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.[2]

First Baptist Church of Scituate
The church in 2013
First Baptist Church of Scituate is located in Massachusetts
First Baptist Church of Scituate
First Baptist Church of Scituate is located in the United States
First Baptist Church of Scituate
Location656 & 660 Country Way, Scituate, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°12′58″N 70°46′37″W
Built1870
ArchitectShepard S. Woodcock
Architectural styleVictorian
NRHP reference No.15000469 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 27, 2015

The church and its associated parsonage were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

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