First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church of Philadelphia is a Baptist church founded in 1698 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Type: Church
Description: indradeo Prasad
Also known as: “First Baptist Church of Philadelphia” and “Resurrection Philadelphia”
Address: 123 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Curtis Institute of Music and Academy of Music.

Curtis Institute of Music

University

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The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. Curtis Institute of Music is situated 820 feet southwest of First Baptist Church.

Academy of Music

Theater building

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The Academy of Music, also known as American Academy of Music, is a concert hall and opera house located at 240 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Academy of Music is situated 1,300 feet southeast of First Baptist Church.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Museum

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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1805, it is the longest continuously operating art museum and art school in the United States. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is situated 2,200 feet northeast of First Baptist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rittenhouse Square and Center City West.

Rittenhouse Square

Neighborhood

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Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is the center of the eponymous Rittenhouse neighborhood. The square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century.

Center City West

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Philadelphia's Center City West is the downtown area west of City Hall. It contains downtown's upscale shopping district, the financial district, and the museum district along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, culminating in the Philadelphia Art Museum and Fairmount Park.

Center City East

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City Center East is the most dense section of Philadelphia, home to City Hall, the Convention Center, Chinatown, Washington Square West, and Gayborhood.

First Baptist Church

Categories: Protestant church building, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.95049° or 39° 57′ 2″ north

Longitude

-75.16863° or 75° 10′ 7″ west

Operator

Reformed Church in America

Open location code

87F6XR2J+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 333714460

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

Wikidata ID

Q48969432

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