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12th Baptist Church, Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1900-1930

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Roxbury - Modern - Public/Commercial - Unmounted

GUSN

GUSN-195164

Description

A view of the front façade of the Twelfth Baptist Church at 160 Warren Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This church appears to have housed several diiferent congregations. The first floor sign reads the "Advent Mission Publication Society, booksellers, publishers, printers, and stationers." This was the publishing arm of the American Advent Mission Society. The Twelfth Street Baptist Church moved to this location in 1957 and occupies the church today.

Details

Descriptive Terms

façades
bell towers
churches (buildings)
Gothic Revival
publishers
signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
exterior views
Baptist
Adventism
religious buildings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000308
AccessID 485
Other identifier HNEDID-000308

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.002

Date Notes

1900s-1920s

Places

Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Hewitson, George P. (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Fisher, Eugene C.

Other Organizations

Twelfth Baptist Church (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Advent Christian Publication Society
American Advent Mission Society

Subjects

Warren Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
West Canton Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Roxbury - Modern - Public/Commercial - Unmounted

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