Roslindale Baptist Church is an historic

Baptist church Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...

at 52 Cummins Highway in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The church was designed by

Thomas Silloway Thomas William Silloway (August 7, 1828 – May 17, 1910) was an American architect, known for building over 400 church buildings in the eastern United States. Silloway was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and raised a Methodist by his pare ...

in a Stick-Eastlake style, and built in 1884. It is one of the best-preserved Stick style buildings in Roslindale, with decorative shingles and applied woodwork. The congregation was organized in 1875, and met in a meeting hall (no longer standing) prior to the construction of this building. The church was listed on the

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in 1998.

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Churches completed in 1884 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States Baptist churches in Boston Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Boston {{Boston-struct-stub

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