First Baptist Church (Calvinist Baptist)
Title
First Baptist Church (Calvinist Baptist)
Church Name
First Baptist Church (Calvinist Baptist)
Church Association
Northwestern Association
Province
New Brunswick
County
Carleton County
Address
Hartland, New Brunswick
Status
Demolished
Date
Built 1896
Historical Information
The First Baptist Church congregation was first organized May 3, 1895 and later dedicated this building 1898. In 1895 Benjamin Jewett donated a plot of land for the construction of a church; the following year work commenced. This church remained by itself until 1905 when it joined in union with the Free Baptist Church to create the Hartland United Baptist Church. Services for this congregation were held in the Calvinist Church until it caught fire and burned October 16th, 1963.
The last pastor at this church prior to union was Rev. Caleb T. Phillips, and the first pastor after the union was Rev. A. F. Baker. The fire in the church is believed to have been caused by tar on the stove in the kitchen of the basement boiling over at the time the roof was being repaired.
Prior to union and a new congregation being formed, this church was a rather plain and uncluttered structure. The church was Gothic Revival in style, which was typical of many country churches of its time. The church has a three-bay façade with a centrally placed open cage bell tower on the gable end. It has a large centrally placed doorway with gothic mouldings and trim boards above and one large gothic window on either side. It also has a medium sized medallion window in the centre of the belltower, just below the open cage belfry. One of the most eye-catching features of this church is the trim boards and the front façade. Marking the central bay are two pilasters with a large, pointed top, mimicking the shape and style of the central bell tower. Another eye-catching feature is how the façade is relatively uncluttered; each side has four gothic shaped windows as well as three single and two double windows visible on the basement level.
In the early 1920’s the church structure was altered and had a large addition added to it; the additions included an annex, baptistry, choir platform and eight new Sunday school classrooms. These additions are visible on either side of the main structure and copied the architecture of the main structure to blend in seamlessly as if they had always been there.
The building was destroyed by fire.
Related churches – Hartland United Baptist Church, Free Baptist Church
The last pastor at this church prior to union was Rev. Caleb T. Phillips, and the first pastor after the union was Rev. A. F. Baker. The fire in the church is believed to have been caused by tar on the stove in the kitchen of the basement boiling over at the time the roof was being repaired.
Prior to union and a new congregation being formed, this church was a rather plain and uncluttered structure. The church was Gothic Revival in style, which was typical of many country churches of its time. The church has a three-bay façade with a centrally placed open cage bell tower on the gable end. It has a large centrally placed doorway with gothic mouldings and trim boards above and one large gothic window on either side. It also has a medium sized medallion window in the centre of the belltower, just below the open cage belfry. One of the most eye-catching features of this church is the trim boards and the front façade. Marking the central bay are two pilasters with a large, pointed top, mimicking the shape and style of the central bell tower. Another eye-catching feature is how the façade is relatively uncluttered; each side has four gothic shaped windows as well as three single and two double windows visible on the basement level.
In the early 1920’s the church structure was altered and had a large addition added to it; the additions included an annex, baptistry, choir platform and eight new Sunday school classrooms. These additions are visible on either side of the main structure and copied the architecture of the main structure to blend in seamlessly as if they had always been there.
The building was destroyed by fire.
Related churches – Hartland United Baptist Church, Free Baptist Church
Files
Collection
Citation
“First Baptist Church (Calvinist Baptist),” Atlantic Baptist Built Heritage Project , accessed October 4, 2024, https://atlanticbaptistheritage.omeka.net/items/show/159.