St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (Barrington, Rhode Island)
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St. Matthew's Episcopal Church is a historic
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church located at 5 Chapel Road in
Barrington, Rhode Island Barrington is a suburban, residential town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States, approximately southeast of Providence. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 17,153. Barrington was founded by Congregationalist separ ...
. It is an active parish in the
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. The congregation began as a mission in 1880, and was established as a parish in 1883, under the guidance of Rev. William Merrick Chapin. The church building was designed by William R. Walker & Son, and built in 1891. It is an eclectic mix of Queen Anne and
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style. The attached parish hall was built in 1893. The complex was listed on the
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in 1991.


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Church web site
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