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First Presbyterian Church and Manse (Baltimore, Maryland)

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congregation in Baltimore, founded in 1761, then located after 1763 at East Fayette and North Streets (later Guilford Avenue) on the northwest corner in downtown which was the site for three its succeeding buildings until 1859, when the site was purchased by the Federal Government and constructed a
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in 1860, later replaced by another courthouse on the entire block in 1889 and finally the current one in 1932, which is now "Courthouse East" for the Circuit Court of Maryland for Baltimore City. It was instrumental in the establishment of the local Presbytery of Baltimore and many "daughter
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and sharing a common roof with the church, but is separated from the auditorium by a bearing wall. The manse is a three-story stone-faced building. The church was begun about 1854 by
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fabricated much of the ironwork at his Patapsco Bridge and Ironworks and is famous for several iron truss bridges throughout the region especially on the
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columns. A subsidiary spire to the right is 125 feet (38 m) high, and the smaller, on the southwest corner, is 78 feet high.
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and Col. Robert Snowden Andrews, C.S.A. (who also designed the earliest Eastern High School on Aisquith and Orleans Streets).
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several blocks to the south at the northwest corner of West Franklin and Cathedral Streets, across from the central
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The steeple is the tallest in Baltimore at 273 feet (83 m) and was completed by 1875, supported by clusters of
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in 1973. It is now known as the First and Franklin Presbyterian Church, after merging in 1973 with the former
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congregations" such as Second Presbyterian Church and others. The church and manse were listed on the
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First Presbyterian Church, Madison Street & Park Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore
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First Presbyterian Church Manse, 210 West Madison Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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at each corner. At the north end of the church is a two-story building appearing to be a
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First Presbyterian church in Baltimore, Maryland from a pre-1923 postcard
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Presbyterian Historical Society - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania website
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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First Presbyterian Church and Manse was listed on the
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located at West Madison Street and Park Avenue in the
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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First Presbyterian Church and Manse, Baltimore City
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First Presbyterian Church and Manse (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in Baltimore
First Presbyterian Church and Manse (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in Maryland
First Presbyterian Church and Manse (Baltimore, Maryland) is located in the United States
Baltimore, Maryland
39°17′56″N 76°37′8″W / 39.29889°N 76.61889°W / 39.29889; -76.61889
73002186

Presbyterian church
Mount Vernon-Belvedere
Baltimore
Maryland
United States
turrets
transept
Norris G. Starkweather
Edmund G. Lind
Gothic Revival architecture
cast iron
Wendel Bollman
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
freestone
New Brunswick
National Register of Historic Places
Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Robert Cary Long, Jr.
Presbyterian
James Buchanan

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