. The official guide book to . e latter,which was on thewest side of Secondstreet below transfer tookplace on the 15thof March, congregationremained there formany years. In1731 the woodenbuilding erected bythe Keithians wasFIRST BAPTIST CHUECH. taken down, and a neat brick structure erected of the size of 32 by 40 feet. In 1762this building was replaced by another, much larger, which wasagain enlarged in 1808 to the dimensions of 61 by 75 feet, and re-mained until the new church at Broad and Arch streets was men in the Church have been pastors
. The official guide book to . e latter,which was on thewest side of Secondstreet below transfer tookplace on the 15thof March, congregationremained there formany years. In1731 the woodenbuilding erected bythe Keithians wasFIRST BAPTIST CHUECH. taken down, and a neat brick structure erected of the size of 32 by 40 feet. In 1762this building was replaced by another, much larger, which wasagain enlarged in 1808 to the dimensions of 61 by 75 feet, and re-mained until the new church at Broad and Arch streets was men in the Church have been pastors of this them may be mentioned Eev. Morgan Edwards, a Baptisthistorical writer; Rev. William Rogers, chaplain of the ContinentalCongress, and subsequently professor in the University of Pennsyl-vania ; Rev. Ebenezer Kinnersly, professor in the College of Phila-delphia, and celebrated for his discoveries in electricity, in whichscience he was a companion with Franklin ; Rev. Henry Holcombe,Rev. William Staughton and CHURCHES. 263 Fifth, north-west corner of Eighteenth and Spring Gardenstreets. Decorated Gothic church of brownstone, with largeSunday-school building adjoining. Spire, 156 feet high. Thebuilding was completed in the spring of 1863. This church wasfounded January, 1811,by ninety-one personswho seceded from theFirst church, and or-ganized under the built on the southside of Sansom street,between Eighth andNinth streets, a peculiarchurch-edifice of acircular form in theinterior, and 90 feet indiameter. A dome roseover the centre. Thebuilding was novel inthe audience arrange-ments, and for manyyears attracted muchattention, Mr. Staugh-ton was succeeded bymanj^ ministers of piety,but in after years thechurch did not hold itspopularity. The re-moval to the upper partof the city proved ahappy experiment. ^^ baptist chubch. The new edifice was opened for worship February 7, 1863. Memorial, north-east corner of Broad and
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