Narragansett Baptist Church
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Nearest city | Narragansett, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°29′34″N 71°25′34″W / 41.49278°N 71.42611°WCoordinates: 41°29′34″N 71°25′34″W / 41.49278°N 71.42611°W |
Built | 1850 |
Architect | Tefft, Thomas A. |
Architectural style | Carpenter Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 77000010[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 25, 1977 |
Narragansett Baptist Church (also known as South Ferry Church) is an historic Baptist church building located at 170 South Ferry Road, in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
History[]
The wooden church was designed by Thomas A. Tefft in the Carpenter Gothic style, and built in 1850.
South Ferry was a thriving textile village in the mid-nineteenth century, but by 1908 the Baptist congregation moved to a building 1 mile away.
The South Ferry Memorial Society acquired and maintained the building for the next 65 years.
The building was extensively repaired after suffering damage during the Hurricane of 1938. In 1974 the University of Rhode Island received title to the property, and the building is currently maintained by a private non-profit, Friends of the South Ferry Church.[2]
The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
Images[]
Sign identifying the church and its status as a historic place.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ SouthFerryChurch.org Official Website(accessed July 4, 2009)
External links[]
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- Baptist churches in Rhode Island
- Buildings and structures in Narragansett, Rhode Island
- Churches in Washington County, Rhode Island
- Churches completed in 1850
- 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Rhode Island
- Carpenter Gothic church buildings in the United States
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Rhode Island
- Washington County, Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs
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- Rhode Island religious building and structure stubs