Second Old School Baptist Church of Roxbury is a historic

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building on City Rd. 41 in Roxbury,

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. It is a 2-story, three-by-four-bay wood-frame building constructed in 1832–1833. The interior features a traditional

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plan. Also on the property is a small frame

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built about 1870, a three-step

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carriage step, and cemetery. ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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