Clarendon Street Baptist Church

The Clarendon Street Baptist Church was built in 1868–1869 in Boston, Massachusetts and closed in 1982 after its building had been gutted by fire.

[3] By 1844 the area around Federal Street was becoming a commercial district and losing its population, so the church decided to move.

It was built of dark-red sandstone in the Gothic style, with a corner tower and a 175-foot spire.

[1]: 24–26 According to a letter published by the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator in 1860, the purchase of pews at the church was limited to "respectable white people".

[9] The Clarendon Street Baptist Church closed in 1982 after its building had been gutted by fire.