The First Baptist Church of Cambridge
First Baptist Church is an historic Baptist church at
Magazine and River Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts within
Central Square.
In 1817 the church congregation was founded in the home
of James Hovey. In 1844 several members of First Baptist
Church left to found nearby Old Cambridge Baptist Church.
First Baptist Church's current Gothic building was
constructed in 1881. It was added to the National Register
of Historic Places in 1975.
Photo 91, March 2012