The First Baptist Church of Fairport is a historic

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located at 94 South Main Street at Church Street in Fairport,

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. It was built in 1876, and is a -story, cruciform plan,

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church. It is constructed of brick and rests on a

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foundation. It has a large square corner tower topped by a tall narrow spire. It features ornamental stone trim, a steeply pitched gray

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

roof, and 72 original stained, leaded glass windows. ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> In 2006 a national drugstore tried to buy the land but, in response to adverse local reactions including a concert held by local youth musicians, money was raised to help repair the church instead. It was listed on the

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in 2006.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches completed in 1872 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States Churches in Monroe County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, New York {{NewYork-church-stub