Photo Archivist's Selection of the Month: November 2008 Photo Archivist's Selection of the Month: November 2008 The Stamford Baptist Church was founded November 1773. The church stood on the corner of Atlantic & Broad Streets, at the current site of the Landmark Building. Here is a chronology:
Picturesque Stamford covers the church: The Stamford Baptist Church.
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| Rev. Joseph B. Hoyt | The Parsonage, 5 Forest Street |
Whitman Bailey Sketch titled “Part of Broad Street Where Proposed Widening Would Begin.”
download newspaper clipping of February 23, 1924 (PDF)
Three photos published by “The Stamford Weekly Guide.”
The storm weakened the church steeple and it was removed.
The Advocate Tercentenary Edition has an article: Baptist Church Had Local Start Before Revolution.
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| Rev. Edmont P. Hains | The Church |
View from Broad Street looking east
Demolition
The church was demolished in December of 1954. While the new church was being built on 602 High Ridge Road, members met at the Odd Fellows' Hall on Suburban Avenue. Stained glass memorial windows and the bell from the old church were salvaged and put into the new church.
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Advocate 1954 (Walter): The 90-year-old Baptist Church building at Broad and Atlantic sts. makes way for an office building A new church structure will be built further from the business center. Here, on Dec. 8, a wrecking ball begins destruction of the old tower. |
Society Archive Photo
November 22, 1980 Advocate: Shall we gather at the cornerstone? (PDF)
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