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The First Baptist Church is a historic church at 126 Washington Avenue in
Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut and the List of cities in New England by population, fifth-most populous city in New England, with a population of 148,654 in 2020. Loc ...
. Built in 1893, it is a distinctive local example of
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture Richardsonian Romanesque is a architectural style, style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revivalism (architecture), revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century ...
, designed by local architect Joseph W. Northrop for a congregation founded in 1837. It was listed on the
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in 1990.


Architecture and history

Bridgeport's First Baptist Church stands west of the city downtown at the northeast corner of Washington Avenue and West Street. It is a tall single-story structure, roughly in the shape of elongated octagon with several projections. It is built of red
sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
from East Haven. The most prominent is the 4-1/2 story octagonal tower at the street corner, which houses the main entrance in a square pavilion at its base. Shorter towers rise from the other corners of the building. The main roof is hipped, and rises to support a clerestory window near its apex. The interior is relatively little altered since a 1930 renovation, and still retains many features from its original construction, including the tile floor, plastered walls, and oak pews. Attached to the rear is the parish house, built at the same time with similar materials and styling. The congregation was established in 1837, and grew from 39 founders to become one of the city's largest Protestant congregations. This building, its third, was built in 1893 to a design by local architect Joseph W. Northrop. It is a prominent local example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. With Due to declining


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Bridgeport ...


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{{National Register of Historic Places Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Romanesque Revival church buildings in Connecticut Churches completed in 1893 Churches in Bridgeport, Connecticut Baptist churches in Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut