Historic Walking Tours of Narragansett Pier
Left: Narragansett Pier RI Illustrated, 1891 (SCM Collection) Right: SCM photo-jrt 2010
Baptist Church
101 Caswell Street
The former Baptist church, now a private residence, is a 11/2-story, wood-shingled building with
a corner turret topped by an octagonal belfry and spire. A Palladian window is centered in the
facade.
The Baptist church at the Pier was an outgrowth of a group that began meeting for Sunday
school services in the local schoolhouse as early as 1848. A Presbyterian chapel was erected in
1874 and became Baptist in a few years. The Baptist society became a branch of the Wakefield
church in 1882; in the following year, it became an independent church.
The present building was erected in 1889 or 1890. It was converted to a residence in the 1960s.