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First Congregational Church is a historic church at 292 E. Market Street in Akron, Ohio. The current building was built in 1910 and added to the National Register in 2004. The congregation was chartered in 1835, making it Akron's oldest. It is a part of the United Church of Christ.
The congregation's first church building was erected in 1937, costing a total of $60,000 (equivalent to $1,312,361 in 2024). The church's membership grew so large that a speaker system had to be installed outside, and by 1949, the church's membership was estimated to be 10,000.
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Akron Baptist Temple sold the church and its 29 acres in June 2018 for $1.5 million to The Word Church. Overextended and underattended, The Word put a $3.9 million for-sale sign on the location up ...
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In 1937, they built a $60,000 church near Rimer. More than 38,000 attended the April 3, 1949, dedication of a new $1 million Akron Baptist Temple, featuring a 2,800-seat auditorium.
The church had been at four other locations previously, including a property next to the Arlington Church of God. Frazier said it purchased the Triplett Boulevard building in the late 1960s and ...
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