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First Baptist Church Parish House (Masonic Hall)

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Masonic Hall
1828. 44 Main St.

The Masons who built this doubled the form of a Federal three-bay house for their meeting hall. The simple top-lighted doors with flat bracketed caps are expressive of its institutional use.

Writing Credits

Author: 
William H. Jordy et al.
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Citation

William H. Jordy et al., "First Baptist Church Parish House (Masonic Hall)", [North Kingstown, Rhode Island], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/RI-01-NK15.

Print Source

Buildings of Rhode Island, William H. Jordy, with Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 358-358.

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