Clarendon Street Baptist Church
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NorStar
N 42° 20.649 W 071° 04.199
19T E 329492 N 4690063
The people who built this structure were also the starters of many other well-known institutions in the Boston area.
Waymark Code: WM12TA
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2006
Views: 66
The sign says:
"The industrious Baptists who built this church in 1868 fostered at least three important educational institutions: the Blind Asylum movement which joined Samuel Gridley Howe's school to form the world-famous Perkins Institution for the Blind; the Chinese Sunday School (1887); and in 1889, the Boston Missionary Training School, now Gordon College, named for A.J. Gordon, minister of the church from 1868-95.
"Did you know? This is the only South End Protestant Church that still serves the denomination for which it was built."
I didn't go over the church carefully, but I think that it is no longer being used as a church (They might have to update the sign).
Agency Responsible for Placement: --National and Regional Groups--
Year Placed: 1976
County: Suffolk
City/Town Name: Boston
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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