1850The Baptist Church was built at Pleasant and Middle Streets.People and Communities, Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, Religion

Middle Street looking west from Pleasant Street with the rebuilt Baptist Church on the right, c. 1872. Courtesy of Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 00202

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The previous church building on Pleasant Street had become too small for the growing congregation. It was sold to the Catholic community. The new church was in the process of a renovation when it burned down in 1869.

Pringle, James R. History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Published by the City of Gloucester Archives Committee and the Ten Pound Island Book Co., 1997.

Other Events

1850
The circulating library started when Samuel E. Sawyer offered the Lyceum $100.
1850
The Gloucester Artillery disbanded.
1850 forward
TO BE A GLOUCESTERMAN - THE STORY OF EDWARD DAY COHOTA by Melville S. Brown
1850-1950
THE IRISH IN THE FORT by Anne Power Parsons

1850The Baptist Church was built at Pleasant and Middle Streets.People and Communities, Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, Religion

Other Events

The circulating library started when Samuel E. Sawyer offered the Lyceum $100.

The Gloucester Artillery disbanded.

TO BE A GLOUCESTERMAN - THE STORY OF EDWARD DAY COHOTA by Melville S. Brown

THE IRISH IN THE FORT by Anne Power Parsons