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Old Cambridge Baptist Church

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In 1897, the original parish hall was lost in a fire. The rebuild was under the direction of noted Boston Theater Architect, Clarence Blackall. The most notable feature of the reconstruction is an 1890 Tiffany & Company Window. This early Tiffany window bridges the gothic stained glass tradition
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Built of local fieldstone and granite quarried in Somerville, Massachusetts, the building is a notable example of the muscular use of stone, typical of American Gothic Revival architecture. This solidity, coupled with Esty's display of structural strength in the asymmetrical massing of forms, is
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further accentuated by the contrast between heavy gray stone and large, graceful, delicate stained glass windows, which the stone walls simultaneously reveal and protect.
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street newspaper, the José Mateo Ballet Theatre, the Adbar Ethiopian Women's Alliance, the Cambridge Child and Family Associates, and others.
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The church is currently home to various organizations and ministries, such as the Homeless Empowerment Project which publishes the
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decided to start a new church. The original meeting house was sold to the Congregationalists and became
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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The congregation was founded in 1844 when several members of
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Old Cambridge Baptist Church is located in Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
42°22′18.0″N 71°6′51.2″W / 42.371667°N 71.114222°W / 42.371667; -71.114222
Alexander Rice Esty
MPS
82001968

American Baptist
Cambridge, Massachusetts
First Baptist Church in Cambridge
North Avenue Congregational Church
Gothic revival
Alexander Rice Esty
National Register of Historic Places
Spare Change News
Ezra Palmer Gould
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"José Mateo Ballet Theatre - Facility"
"OCBC Ministries"
Old Cambridge Baptist Church official website
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Contributing property

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