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Second Baptist Church
Historic Site #: | 13-038 (Exists) Type: E1 | Town: | Walworth |
Site Name: | Second Baptist Church | GPS Coordinates: | 43.138018, -77.272891 |
Address: | 3689 Main Street, Walworth, NY |
Description: |
The Walworth Historical Society did a series of article about Main Street. The Baptist Church is covered in Part 8. See link below.
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Early 1900's from Walworth Historical Society | Exterior, c.1905 (Courtesy Wayne County Historical Society) |
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Photo by Bavis, 2014 | Interior, 2010 (used with permission of Loreen Jorgensen) |
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Exterior, 2010 (used with permission of Loreen Jorgensen) | Arch Merrill article,1964 |
Historic narrative: |
Organized in 1832 from a group dismissed from the Macedon 1st Baptist Church, the congregation met in the Union Building before a stone church was erected in 1834.
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References:Walworth Second Baptist Church website Landmarks of Wayne County. George W. Cowles. 1895.
Microfilm reel 34, “2nd Baptist Church, Walworth, 1832-1866.
Comments from meeting at Walworth Historical Society on Churches, 8 Apr 2018
Main Street Tour, Part 8