First Baptist Congregational Church

First Baptist Congregational Church is a United Church of Christ and Baptist congregation currently located at 60 N. Ashland Blvd. in Chicago, , United States.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Union Park Congregational Church and Carpenter Chapel and United Center.

Church
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is a historic church building at 60 N. Ashland Blvd. on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The chapel is named after Philo Carpenter, a deacon, a co-founder of the congregation and of the Chicago Theological Seminary, and an early donor of the original church who was also a noted abolitionist and the city's first druggist.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena on the of , Illinois. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. is situated 2,100 feet southwest of First Baptist Congregational Church.

Park
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is a municipal park in , , comprising 13.46 acres. Located in the , the park is just south of Ashland/Lake station on the Green and Pink lines of the Chicago 'L', bordered by North Ashland Avenue on the west, West Lake Street on the north, the diagonal North Ogden Avenue along most of the east border, and West Washington Boulevard on the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Near West Side and Fulton Market District.

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The of has two of the city's premiere culinary strips, Little Italy and Greektown, and basketball legend Michael Jordan's old stomping grounds with the Chicago Bulls.

Neighborhood
is on the of . In the 19th and 20th centuries, it served meat-packing, warehouse and industrial purposes, but has gentrified in the 21st century with corporate headquarters, tech industry, hotels, bars, restaurants, and retail.

Neighborhood
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The is a special-use zoning district two miles west of in , . The consists of 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, a biotechnology business incubator, a raw development area, four major hospitals, two medical universities, and more than 40 health care related facilities.

First Baptist Congregational Church

Latitude
41.88309° or 41° 52′ 59″ north
Longitude
-87.66728° or 87° 40′ 2″ west
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Open location code
86HJV8MM+63
Geo­Names ID
4892128
Wiki­data ID
Q5452490
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In Other Languages

“First Baptist Congregational Church” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيسه المعمدانيه الاولى”

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