Title: Second Congregational Church, 13-17 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
<p>Note: the original spire was demolished in the 1938 hurricane, so this photo must be from after that date.
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   Related Names:
      Palmer, Cotton
      <b>Central Baptist Society</b>
      Stiles, Ezra
   Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
   Medium: Photo(s): 5
   Data Page(s): 5
   Photo Caption Page(s): 1
   Reproduction Number: ---
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   Call Number: HABS RI,3-NEWP,71-
   Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print</a>
   Notes:
       <b>Significance: The building was completed September 15, 1735. It served as barracks for British troops 1776-1779 during their occupation and as a hospital for the French while they were in Newport. The building was called "Dr. Stiles Meeting House" for the Rev. Ezra Stiles, D.D. 1727-1795. He was associated with the church from 1755-1786 and in 1787 was elected president of Yale University.</b>
       Survey number: HABS RI-325
       Building/structure dates: 1735 Initial Construction
       Building/structure dates: 1785 Subsequent Work
       Building/structure dates: 1847 Subsequent Work
       Building/structure dates: 1874-1875 Subsequent Work
       Building/structure dates: 1946 Subsequent Work
       National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000020
   Subjects:
       Congregational churches
       Baptist churches
       condominiums
       bell towers
       spires
       Greek Revival architectural elements
       wood structural frames
       clapboard siding
       gable roofs
   Place:
   <b>Newport—Newport County—Rhode Island</b>  
   Latitude/Longitude: 41.49 ,-71.31333
   Collections:
       Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
   Part of: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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2011-12-29
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