Barre in Washington County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)
First Baptist Church
1892
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 29, 2025
1. First Baptist Church Marker
Erected by The Barre Partnership.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1892.
Location. 44° 11.833′ N, 72° 30.03′ W. Marker is in Barre, Vermont, in Washington County. It is on Washington Street (U.S. 302) north of Church Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 24 Washington Street, Barre VT 05641, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Green Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Home Of The First Boy Scout Troop In America (here, next to this marker); National Humane Alliance Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Mr. Pickwick (within shouting distance of this marker); Hedding Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Aldrich Public Library (within shouting distance of this marker); Youth Triumphant Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Junction of Post and Stage Roads (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barre.
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Regarding First Baptist Church. National Register Nomination excerpt:
The First Baptist Church (completed 1894) is a representative expression of the picturesque plan type for churches in Barre. It contains elements of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, although Romanesque detailing is applied to a design that is both conservative and basically Gothic Revival in character. Of particular note is the fact that the building was originally constructed of wood and after the turn of the century was sheathed in pressed brick with granite trim.
The central element of the building's facade is a peaked Gothic pavilion with a large, arched nave window. The flanking entrance tower, which rises in four stages to a steep pyramidal roof, follows the characteristic treatment for Gothic Revival style church towers of wood-frame construction: large pier buttresses, ascending in receding planes, mark each level of the tower and are capped with pinnacles at the open belfry. Opposite the entrance tower is a lower, round projecting tower with a steep conical roof that is much more closely derivative of Richardsonian Romanesque motifs. The building's sides break from the flat wall planes in shallow projecting transepts
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 29, 2025
2. First Baptist Church and Marker
Also see . . . Barre Downtown National Register Historic District Nomination Form. (Submitted on August 8, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 88 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 8, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
