Baker Congregational Church
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View of the church from the corner of Saratoga and Byron St. | |
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| Location |
760 Saratoga St. East Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°23′2″N 71°1′1.5″W / 42.38389°N 71.017083°WCoordinates: 42°23′2″N 71°1′1.5″W / 42.38389°N 71.017083°W |
| Area | 0.22 acres (0.089 ha) |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | John Nelson Thisland |
| Architectural style | Shingle style |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 98001381[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1998 |
Baker Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church at 760 Saratoga Street in East Boston, Massachusetts.
History
With the growth of East Boston as a settlement in 1834, a need was seen for a church and meetinghouse for the inhabitants. The church was founded and dedicated on November 17, 1852 as the Maverick Church Chapel by the Maverick Congregational Society on land given by the East Boston Company. It was the fourth iteration of the church founded in East Boston under the name First Congregational Church in East Boston, which on July 7, 1837, was changed to Maverick Congregational Church by the Society's majority shareholders.[2]
Today it known also as the Baker-Maverick Congregational Church or Grace Church Federated. The shingle style church was built in 1903 by John Nelson Thisland and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ Maverick Congregational Church (1894). Condensed History and Manual of Maverick Congregational Church. p. 82.
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