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Second Baptist Church

Historic Site #:13-038   (Exists)   Type: E1 Town:Walworth
Site Name:Second Baptist ChurchGPS Coordinates:43.138018, -77.272891
Address:3689 Main Street, Walworth, NY
Description:
The Walworth Historical Society did a series of article about Main Street.  The Baptist Church is covered in Part 8.  See link below.

 
Early 1900's from Walworth Historical SocietyExterior, c.1905 (Courtesy Wayne County Historical Society)
Photo by Bavis, 2014Interior, 2010 (used with permission of Loreen Jorgensen)
Exterior, 2010 (used with permission of Loreen Jorgensen)Arch Merrill article,1964
 
Historic narrative:
Organized in 1832 from a group dismissed from the Macedon 1st Baptist Church, the congregation met in the Union Building before this stone church was erected in 1834.

References:

Walworth Second Baptist Church website

Landmarks of Wayne County. George W. Cowles. 1895.

Microfilm reel 34, “2nd Baptist Church, Walworth, 1832-1866.

Comments from meeting at Walworth Historical Society on Churches, 8 Apr 2018

Main Street Tour, Part 8