First Baptist Church

The First Baptist Church is a historic American Baptist church at Magazine and River Street in within Central Square. In 1817 the church congregation was founded in the home of James Hovey.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: historic church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • Address: 5 Magazine Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church and Cambridge Zen Center.

Church
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Buddhist temple
is an urban meditation center in , close to Harvard University, part of the Kwan Um School of Zen. Free meditation training and dharma talks are offered to the public and the Zen Center also provides a large residential training program.

Post office
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The , also known as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square, is an historic post office at 770 Massachusetts Avenue within Central Square in . is situated 600 feet northwest of First Baptist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Square and Cambridge.

Neighborhood
is an area in centered on the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Prospect Street and Western Avenue. Lafayette Square, formed by the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Columbia Street, Sidney Street and Main Street…

is a city in , across the Charles River from . It is renowned as the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both widely considered to be among the best universities in the world.

Neighborhood
is one of the neighborhoods of . It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, the , the Grand Junction Railroad, and River Street.

First Baptist Church

Latitude
42.36485° or 42° 21′ 53″ north
Longitude
-71.10515° or 71° 6′ 19″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87JC9V7V+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29825268
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Geo­Names ID
4936440
Wiki­data ID
Q5452364
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