Cressey, a missionary with the American Baptist Home Mission Society, together with members of First Baptist Church of Saint Paul and St. Anthony gathered on March 5, 1853 and committed themselves to organizing a "Regular Baptist Church," the first Church organized in Minnesota Territory west of the Mississippi River.
[1] The first permanent home for the Church was at Third and Nicollet, and was the largest meeting hall in Minneapolis.
With the rapid growth of the city a larger building was built at 5th and Hennepin in 1857.
It is built of Kasota limestone in a blend of the Romanesque and Gothic revival styles.
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