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Congdon Street Baptist Church

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structure, was built in 1874–75. The eaves and gables are decorated with sawn woodwork that resembles brick corbelling. The windows along the long sides of the building are tall sash windows with a segmented-arch top, while the street-facing gable end has a three-part round-arch window. The stages of
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the square tower repeat the corbel woodwork at each level. The church is set into a hill, exposing a full brick basement, through which entrance to the building is gained. The interior is decorated with plain Victorian woodwork and stencilling on the walls.
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to the Congdon Street Baptist Church. They remained in the church for three days, as a protest of the small number of Black students admitted to the University as well as a lack of institutional support.
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The congregation was established in 1819 and originally met in a building located near the present site, the land having been given to them by
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in 1971 for its architectural significance, and is part of the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property

Congdon Street Baptist Church is located in Rhode Island
Congdon Street Baptist Church is located in the United States
Providence, Rhode Island
41°49′42″N 71°24′25″W / 41.82833°N 71.40694°W / 41.82833; -71.40694
Hartshorn & Wilcox
College Hill Historic District
ID70000019
71000032
African American
College Hill
Providence, Rhode Island
Moses Brown
Italianate
Hartshorn & Wilcox
Thomas A. Tefft
Brown University
College Hill
National Register of Historic Places
College Hill Historic District
View from the west in 2012
View from the south in 2021, showing the deterioration of the exterior
National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places

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