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First Baptist Church of Tarrytown

1843 establishments in New York (state)Baptist churches in New York (state)Buildings of the Rockefeller familyChurches completed in 1881Churches in Westchester County, New York
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)Infobox religious building with unknown affiliationNational Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New YorkReligious organizations established in 1843Tarrytown, New YorkU.S. Route 9
First Baptist Church of Tarrytown, NY
First Baptist Church of Tarrytown, NY

The First Baptist Church of Tarrytown is located on South Broadway (U.S. Route 9) in Tarrytown, New York, United States. It is a stone building in the Victorian Gothic architectural style dating to the 1870s. In 1983 it and its rectory were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Congregants first met in the 1840s. The first church on the present site was erected in 1847. A quarter-century later Russell Sturgis was commissioned to design the present structure, which took five years to complete, including a detailed Gothic interior. It signaled Tarrytown's development as a suburb, especially after John D. Rockefeller and members of his family moved to the village and joined the church. They made possible some of its later enhancements, such as its landscaping and rectory, both added later.

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First Baptist Church of Tarrytown
South Broadway, Town of Greenburgh

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