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{{Information

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|description={{en|1=Title: Second Congregational Church, 13-17 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

|description={{en|1=Title: Second Congregational Church, 13-17 Clarke Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
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Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Creator(s): [[:Category:Historic American Buildings Survey of Rhode Island|Historic American Buildings Survey]], creator

Related Names:

Related Names:

Palmer, Cotton

Palmer, Cotton
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Central Baptist Society
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'''Central Baptist Society'''

Stiles, Ezra

Stiles, Ezra

Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933

Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
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Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Notes:

Notes:
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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.
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'''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.'''

Survey number: HABS RI-325

Survey number: HABS RI-325

Building/structure dates: 1735 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1735 Initial Construction
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gable roofs

gable roofs

Place:

Place:
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Rhode Island -- Newport County -- Newport
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'''Newport—Newport County—Rhode Island'''

Latitude/Longitude: 41.49 ,-71.31333

Latitude/Longitude: 41.49 ,-71.31333

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[[Category:Uploaded with UploadWizard]]

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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island]]
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[[Category:Wooden churches in Rhode Island]]

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[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Rhode Island]]

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[[Category:Buildings of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island]]

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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island]]

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[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey of Rhode Island]]

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[[Category:Black and white photographs of Rhode Island]]

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[[Category:Black and white photographs of religious buildings]]

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