Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Old North Church, Official name: Christ Church in the City of Boston. Oldest standing church building in Boston, built 1723 (Episcopal) a National Historic Landmark significant for its role in the American Revolution. Old Ship Church, built in 1681, is one of the oldest buildings in America. The congregation was gathered in 1635.
The original San Miguel church was probably built shortly after the founding of Santa Fe in 1610 and was the first church in the new settlement. It was built across the Santa Fe River from the villa proper in an area referred to as the Barrio de Analco, which was inhabited mainly by native people including some Tlaxcalans who had accompanied ...
The African Meeting House, also known variously as First African Baptist Church, First Independent Baptist Church and the Belknap Street Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black church edifice still standing in the United States. A Baptist congregation led by Reverend Thomas Paul built the church. The church also established a ...
It is the oldest standing church in the Americas and the oldest church building in the Dominican Republic (Roman Catholic) St. Paul's Church, Malacca, Malaysia, built in 1521 as a Roman Catholic chapel and finally abandoned in 1753. It is the oldest known church building in Malaysia
St. Luke's Church, also known as Old Brick Church, or Newport Parish Church, is a historic church building, located in the unincorporated community of Benns Church, near Smithfield in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. It is the oldest church in Virginia and oldest church in British North America of brick construction.
Knoxville's oldest congregation is older than the state of Tennessee, but doesn't actually meet in the oldest church building.
Oldest institution of learning for women in North America. [49] St. Thomas' Lowland Church: Saint Thomas Lowland Parish Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1643 Church: Oldest extant building in Saint Kitts and Nevis. [50] Biblioteca Palafoxiana: Puebla City Mexico: 1646–1773 Library: First and oldest public library in the Americas. [51] [52] [53] Drax ...
The First Baptist Meetinghouse, also known as the First Baptist Church in America is the oldest Baptist church congregation in the United States. The Church was founded in 1638 by Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island. The present church building was erected between 1774 and 1775 and held its first meetings in May 1775.