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Lincoln Baptist Church
| Historic Site #: | 13-040 (Exists) Type: E1 | Town: | Walworth | ||
| Site Name: | Lincoln Baptist Church | GPS Coordinates: | 43.181745, -77.343669 | ||
| Address: | 4976 Lincoln Rd, Macedon, NY | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| Organized in 1832 as the Free Will Baptist Church, the congregation built a stone block church on Atlantic Avenue for $300.00. It had broad galleries on three sides and a steeple across from the cemetery. The building is gone. | |||||
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| Free Will Baptist Church (courtesy Walworth Town Historian) | circa 1900 |
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| circa 1900 | Lincoln Baptist Church, 2014 (used with permission of Loreen Jorgensen) |
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| Photo by Bavis, 2013 | Photo by Bavis 2013 |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| Organized as the Free Will Baptist Church in 1832, the congregation built a church of limestone blocks on Atlantic Avenue. The blocks were later used for other purposes. In 1876 they moved to Lincoln and built a frame church. | |||||
See HS 13-002
Landmarks of Wayne County. George W. Cowles. 1895.
History of the Lincoln Baptist Church. Judy Foote. 1965. Hoffman Foundation Essay.
The 125th Anniversary of the Lincoln Baptist Church
Wayne County Historian File folder “Religion—Churches—Walworth.”
Walworth Town Historian File Folder “Churches/Baptist—Freewill of Lincoln.”