The Clarendon Street Baptist Church was built in 1868–1869 in Boston, Massachusetts and closed in 1982 after its building had been gutted by fire. The congregation was founded in 1827 and had previously been known as the Federal Street Baptist Church and the Rowe Street Baptist Church .
11-706: The congregation was founded in Federal Street, Boston . on a site near Milk Street , in 1827 The first pastor was Howard Malcom , who later was president of Georgetown College in Kentucky, the University at Lewisburg in Pennsylvania, and Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. By 1844 the area around Federal Street was becoming a commercial district and losing its population, so the church decided to move. The new site
22-552: A penthouse, and was built in 1929–1930 to a design by George W. Fuller and Parker, Thomas & Rice for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation . It is one of Boston's finest Art Deco buildings, including an elaborately decorated lobby. It was built for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, which at the time controlled 98% of the nation's shoe machinery business. The building was listed on
33-699: Is a street in the Financial District of Boston , Massachusetts . Prior to 1788, it was known as Long Lane . The street was renamed after state leaders met there in 1788 to determine Massachusetts' ratification of the United States Constitution. In 1727 the Long Lane Meeting House was established; it changed its name to the Federal Street Church in 1788. Henry Knox was born on Long Lane in 1750. The Federal Street Theatre
44-577: The National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and in 1983 it was designated a Boston Landmark with rare interior (lobby) as well as exterior protection by the Boston Landmarks Commission . This article about a Registered Historic Place in Boston , Massachusetts is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a building or structure in Boston
55-526: The church was limited to "respectable white people". As the area around the church was again becoming more commercial, the second church building was sold in 1868. The Rowe Street building was demolished and the materials were used to build a chapel for the Episcopal Church of the Messiah , Auburndale in 1880. The church moved to the corner of Clarendon Street and Montgomery Street in 1869. The new building
66-529: The early 19th-century. Auctioneer J.L. Cunningham worked from Corinthian Hall, 1826-1843. J. H. Bufford 's Sons ran a lithography printing business in the 1870s. In 1928 arose Boston's "first art deco skyscraper," the United Shoe Machinery Building . In 1929, the "art deco jewel" at 75 Federal Street was built. The Blue Cross/Blue Shield building, designed by Paul Rudolph was built 1957-1960. 150 Federal Street, designed by Hugh Stubbins Jr.
77-528: The new church was Mr. Hague, but his ill health had prevented him from leading the church. On November 1, 1848, Rev. Baron Stow , previously with the Baldwin Place Church in the North End, was called as the church pastor. In 1853, there were 275 members and more than 400 Sunday school students. According to a letter published by the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator in 1860, the purchase of pews at
88-571: Was built in 1793, designed by Charles Bulfinch ; it remained until 1852. By 1806, residents included engraver Joseph Callender; printer Nathaniel Coverly; merchant Stephen Higginson ; comedian Snelling Powell; dancing master William Turner. In 1823, residents included the Federal Street Coffee House; hairdresser William Lenox; Esther Newell and her "female intelligence office;" grocer Henry Sweetser; seamstress Martha Vincent. Dorothy Quincy and John Mackay also lived on Federal St. in
99-403: Was built in 1988. 42°21′23.45″N 71°3′24.1″W / 42.3565139°N 71.056694°W / 42.3565139; -71.056694 United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building The United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building is a historic office building at 160 Federal Street in the Financial District of Boston , Massachusetts . The steel-frame skyscraper has 24 stories and
110-588: Was designed by Samuel J. F. Thayer . Adoniram Judson Gordon was appointed pastor in the same year. Gordon founded the Boston Missionary Training School, now Gordon College in 1889. The Clarendon Street Baptist Church closed in 1982 after its building had been gutted by fire. Its building was redeveloped as apartments in 1987. 42°21′7.45″N 71°4′33.74″W / 42.3520694°N 71.0760389°W / 42.3520694; -71.0760389 Federal Street (Boston) Federal Street
121-512: Was on the corner of Chauncy Street and Bedford Street. On April 27. 1846, the cornerstone for the church was laid. It was built of dark-red sandstone in the Gothic style , with a corner tower and a 175-foot spire. The interior of the building was finished in black walnut. On April 7, 1847, the building was dedicated. The church adopted the name the "Rowe Street Baptist Society". Rowe Street was absorbed into Chauncy Street in 1856. The intended pastor for
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