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First Unitarian Church of Baltimore
12 W Franklin St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Construction Date:1818
Architect:Maximilian Godefroy (1818); Joseph Evans Sperry (1893)
More Historical Info via Baltimore Heritage
The First Unitarian Church of Baltimore is the first church in the United States built for and by Unitarians, which is still in use by the same congregation as a Unitarian church. It is Godefroy's major Baltimore work and one of the city's finest buildings of the period. A daring modern design when it was constructed, the building utilizes the basic shapes of the cube and the sphere with a minimum of detail on the flat planes to emphasize the geometry of the structure. In the late-19th century, major reconstruction of the interior of the sanctuary was undertaken with the addition of a barrel-vaulted ceiling, a Tiffany mosaic and seven Tiffany windows, and a magnificent Niemann organ. The organ and the Enoch Pratt Parish Hall were both gifts from Enoch Pratt, a member of the church for 65 years. Hear the Niemann organ throughout the day.
Accessibility: Fully Accessible
Parking: Street Parking
Photography: Personal Use Only
Photo Credit Vivian Marie Doering
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