National Register of Historic Places

First Baptist Church and Society

Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Listed
February 16, 1990
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90000060

About this property

The First Baptist Church in Swansea is a historic Baptist church in the town of Swansea, Massachusetts. The church, established in 1663, with history going back to 1649, is the oldest Baptist congregation in Massachusetts and one of the oldest in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1649, in Wales, by the Puritan Baptist minister John Myles. Myles brought the Ilston Book with him from Swansea, Wales, and fled to Massachusetts with the Ilston congregation, in 1662, becoming the first Baptist church in Massachusetts, in 1663. The congregation in Swansea, Massachusetts, was located relatively nearby the First Baptist Church of Providence, in Rhode Island. The current Greek Revival chapel was constructed in 1848 and is the fifth building occupied by the congregation. The adjacent cemetery dates to 1731. The building and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts "First Baptist church in Swansea". Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Rev. John Myles and the founding of the first Baptist church in Massachusetts

Location

Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts
41.77113, -71.26866

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When was First Baptist Church and Society listed on the National Register?

First Baptist Church and Society was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1990.

What type of historic resource is First Baptist Church and Society?

First Baptist Church and Society is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for First Baptist Church and Society is recorded as the industrial era.

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