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First Baptist Church of Newark

Historic Site #:01-054   (Exists)   Type: E1 Town:Arcadia
Site Name:First Baptist Church of NewarkGPS Coordinates:43.045656, -77.092835
Address:133 E Miller St, Newark, NY
Description:
 
1865 building in 2014 by Loreen JorgensenHope Chapel in 1904, courtesy Newark Arcadia Historical Society
Original building in 2015, by Loreen Jorgensen
 
Historic narrative:
Organized in 1835 in Lockville (East Newark), the congregation build a brick church the same year. In 1864 the congregation split and a majority moved to East Avenue where they built Hope Chapel in 1865,

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