First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church in Newark, NJ

dc.date.accessioned2025-05-12T16:05:07Z
dc.date.available2025-05-12T16:05:07Z
dc.date.issued2008-01-24
dc.descriptionA Byzantine granite structure inspired by the Baths of Pisa in Italy and built through gifts made by Thomas Baldwin Peddie, philanthropist and mayor of Newark in the 1860s, The church was erected in 1890 and features an unusual use of interior spaces, with rich paneling, 200 doors, 173 windows -- most of which are stained glass -- and a dome 80 feet above the main auditorium.
dc.descriptionOriginal file name First Baptist Church.jpg
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/146047
dc.subjectFirst Baptist Peddie Memorial Church
dc.subjectChurch
dc.subjectBaptist Church
dc.subjectByzantine Architecture
dc.subjectThomas Baldwin Peddie
dc.subjectBroad Street
dc.subjectNewark
dc.subjectEssex County
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectThe Gateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleFirst Baptist Peddie Memorial Church in Newark, NJ

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