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First Baptist Church of Ontario
| Historic Site #: | 08-021 (Exists) Type: E1 | Town: | Ontario | ||
| Site Name: | First Baptist Church of Ontario | GPS Coordinates: | 43.222415, -77.287702 | ||
| Address: | 1929 Ridge Road | ||||
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| Photo by Bavis, 2013 | Original 1832 building as it looked in 2015 at the Heritage Square Museum (used with permission L A Jorgensen) |
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| Baptist Church in 1885 (courtesy Wayne County Historical Society) | Interior in 2016 (used with permission L A Jorgensen |
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| Organized in 1817, their first building was a log cabin built near the south west corner of Ridge Road and Ontario Center Road. It is now at the Heritage Square Museum. In 1884 the Baptists purchased the old Advent Church on West Main Street in Ontario. The frame building was built in 1875, a year after the Free Advent Christian Church organized and five years before that congregation disbanded. | |||||