First Baptist Church (Philadelphia)

The congregation obtained a new meeting place at Anthony Morris' Brewhouse at the corner of Water and Dock Streets.

During this time period, from 1707 until about 1860, the church used the south side of the 200 block of Arch Street as a burial ground.

Samuel Miles, a military officer in the American Revolutionary War and mayor of Philadelphia was a deacon in the church.

[9] In 2014, the First Baptist Church was sold due to dwindling financial resources and a challenging building maintenance schedule.

[10] In 2016 a lot at 218 Arch Street came under private development and contractors began excavating to create a foundation for a new building.

[2] The remains were re-buried in eight vaults in the First Baptist Church section of Mount Moriah Cemetery in July 2024.