The recent posting on the blog of a 1924 Whitman Bailey sketch, Part of Broad Street Where Proposed Widening Would Begin, led us to some research on the Stamford Baptist Church and gave us enough material for a photo selection and related history.
The Stamford Baptist Church was founded November 1773. The original church stood on the corner of Atlantic & Broad Streets, on the current site of the Landmark Building. Picturesque Stamford covers the church history until 1892: The Stamford Baptist Church.
The infamous Hurricane of 1938 severely weakened the steeple and it was removed. The church was demolished in December of 1954, and 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.
For all this and more go to our November Photo Selection of the Month.
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