Pawtucket Congregational Church
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Pawtucket Congregational Church | |
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1886 engraving | |
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| Location | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′36″N 71°22′54″W / 41.87667°N 71.38167°WCoordinates: 41°52′36″N 71°22′54″W / 41.87667°N 71.38167°W |
| Built | 1867 |
| Architect | Stevens,John |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Romanesque |
| Governing body | Private |
| Part of | Quality Hill Historic District (#84002041) |
| NRHP Reference # | 78000004 [1] |
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| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1978 |
| Designated CP | April 13, 1984 |
The Pawtucket Congregational Church (now known as The Temple of Restoration Pentecostal Church) is an historic church building at 40 and 56 Walcott Street, at the junction of Broadway and Walcott St., in the Quality Hill neighborhood of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
History
Early in the town's history, the Baptists lived mainly on the west side of the river, and attended church services in Providence. The Congregationalists on the east side of the river attended services at the Newman Congregational Church three miles away in Rehoboth (now East Providence). The Congregationalists established their own Pawtucket Congregational Church on April 17, 1829, with nine members: eight women and one man.[2] The first pastor was the Rev. Asa T. Hopkins. The congregation's first church was destroyed by fire in 1864.[2][3]
The Italianate/Romanesque style church building was designed by Boston, Massachusetts architect John Stevens (not to be confused with John Calvin Stevens) and constructed in 1867-1868; it is the only known work of Stevens in Rhode Island.[4] The cost of construction was $64,000.[3] By 1886 the congregation numbered 300 members.[3] Members of the church included wealthy mill owners from Pawtucket and neighboring Central Falls such as Darius Goff and Daniel Littlefield.[5]
The church has been active in the community and leased a building to the first Rhode Island Children's Museum from the 1970s to 1990s. The church's main building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
Currently (c.2012) the church is the home to The Temple of Restoration Pentecostal Church.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Federal Writers' Project (1937). Rhode Island, a Guide to the Smallest State. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 248. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Greene, Welcome Arnold (1886). The Providence Plantations for 250 Years. Providence, RI: J.A. & R.A. Reid. pp. 380–381.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Pawtucket Congregational Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-18.
- ↑ Grieve, Robert (1897). Illustrated History of Pawtucket, Central Falls and Vicinity. Providence: Henry R. Caufield. pp. 324–326.
External links
- NRHP Inventory Nomination Form (PDF)
- The Temple of Restoration Pentecostal Church (all locations)
- Temple of Restoration Church Facebook Page
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