Congdon Street Baptist Church
17 Congdon St, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Rhode Island, USA
CHURCH
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CHURCH
EST. 1780
EST. 1780
1819
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Congdon Street Baptist Church.
The historic church building remains home to an active African American congregation and is preserved within Providence’s College Hill landscape. Its sanctuary, exterior architecture, commemorative features, and community traditions continue in religious use, with maintenance undertaken by the congregation and preservation partners.
About Congdon Street Baptist Church
The first African heritage house of worship in Rhode Island, this congregation traces its roots to the Free African Union Society founded in 1780, one of the nation's earliest Black benevolent associations formed during the Revolutionary era.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Congdon Street Baptist Church
The first African heritage house of worship in Rhode Island, this congregation traces its roots to the Free African Union Society founded in 1780, one of the nation's earliest Black benevolent associations formed during the Revolutionary era.
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