The Calvary Baptist Church is an historic church in

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

. In 1854, the First Baptist Church of South Providence and Fifth Baptist Church merged to form Friendship Baptist Church. The congregation constructed the current building in two phases. In the first, a small chapel (now facing Stanwood Street) was designed by

Sidney Rose Badgley Sidney Rose Badgley (May 28, 1850 – April 29, 1917) was a prominent start-of-the-20th-century Canadian-born architect. He was active throughout the United States and Canada, with a significant body of work in Cleveland. Biography Badgley was b ...

and built in 1897. Rapid growth of the congregation meant this space was inadequate soon after it was completed, and the larger main sanctuary, a

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octagonal-roof structure drawn from plans by Badgley and Arthur Easton Hill, was built in 1905–1907. After moving to the new location the church was renamed Calvary Baptist Church. The church meeting house was added to the

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in 1980. The congregation is currently affiliated with the

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/USA (ABCUSA).

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Calvary Baptist Church website
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Baptist churches in Rhode Island Churches in Providence, Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-struct-stub

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