Clarendon Street Baptist Church
The Clarendon Street Baptist Church was built in 1868–1869 in Boston, Massachusetts and closed in 1982 after its building had been gutted by fire. The congregation was founded in 1827 and had previously been known as the Federal Street Baptist Church and the Rowe Street Baptist Church. History Federal Street The congregation was founded in Federal Street (Boston), Federal Street, Boston. on a site near Milk Street, Boston, Milk Street, in 1827 The first pastor was Howard Malcom, who later was president of Georgetown College in Kentucky, the University at Lewisburg in Pennsylvania, and Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. By 1844 the area around Federal Street was becoming a commercial district and losing its population, so the church decided to move. Rowe Street The new site was on the corner of Chauncy Street and Bedford Street. On April 27. 1846, the cornerstone for the church was laid. It was built of dark-red sandstone in Gothic architecture, the Gothic style, wi ...
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