First Unitarian Church (Baltimore, Maryland)
- First Unitarian Church (Baltimore, Maryland)
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location= Baltimore, Maryland
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 43
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 36
long_seconds = 58
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =
built =1817
architect= Godefroy,Maximilien
architecture= Other
designated = February 20, 1972[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1296&ResourceType=Building]
title=First Unitarian Church |accessdate=2008-06-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = February 11, 1972[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
governing_body = Private
refnum=72001495
The First Unitarian Church in Baltimore, Maryland was the first building erected for Unitarians in the United States. Completed in 1818, the church is a domed cube with a stucco exterior. The church, originally called the First Independent Church of Baltimore, is the oldest building continuously used by a Unitarian congregation. The building was designed by Maximilien Godefroy and built in 1817. [cite web|url=http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=72&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-06-10|work= First Unitarian Church, Baltimore City|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust] . Poor acoustics under the central dome led to an 1893 interior renovation, in which architect Joseph E. Sperry added a barrel vault under the dome. The church features stained glass from the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The pipe organ was donated by Enoch Pratt and is a Niemann instrument. [cite web|url=http://www.firstunitarian.net/church/history/index.asp|title=History of Our Church and Organs|date=2008-07-22|work= History|publisher=First Unitarian Church of Baltimore]
The building is significant in the history of Unitarianism as the site of William Ellery Channing's Baltimore Sermon of May 5, 1819, which laid the foundation for the Unitarian denomination.
References
External links
* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=72&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx First Unitarian Church, Baltimore City] , including photo in 1978, at Maryland Historical Trust
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md0581 First Unitarian Church, Franklin & Charles Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD: 12 photos, 1 data page] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://www.firstunitarian.net/church/history/index.asp History of the Church and Organs]
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