First Baptist Church | |
Location: | Fall River, Massachusetts |
Coordinates: | 41.705°N -71.1556°W |
Built: | 1850 |
Architect: | Brown, Josiah |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | February 16, 1983 |
Mpsub: | Fall River MRA |
Refnum: | 83000668 |
First Baptist Church is a historic church at located 200-228 N. Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1850 and was a work of local architect Josiah Brown. It is built of wood with brick trim in the Gothic Revival style. The tower originally contained a tall spire and corner finials that were destroyed during Hurricane Carol in 1954. In 1871, extensive repairs were made and the Meeting House was enlarged.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.