First Unitarian Church (Baltimore, Maryland)

First Unitarian Church of Baltimore
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Baltimore City Landmark
First Unitarian Church, 2011
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Location	10 W. Franklin St, Mount Vernon, Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°17′43″N 76°36′58″W / 39.29528°N 76.61611°W / 39.29528; -76.61611
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1817
Architect	J. Maximilian M. Godefroy (1765-c.1838, French émigré)
Architectural style	Neoclassical
NRHP reference No.	72001495
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 11, 1972[1]
Designated NHL	February 20, 1972[2]
Designated BCL	1971

The First Unitarian Church is a historic church and congregation at 12 West Franklin Street in Mount Vernon, Baltimore, Maryland. Dedicated in 1818, it was the first building erected for Unitarians in the United States. The church is a domed cube with a stucco exterior.^[3] The church, originally called the "First Independent Church of Baltimore", is the oldest building continuously used by a Unitarian congregation. The name was changed in 1935 to "The First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (Unitarian and Univeralist)" following the merger with the former Second Universalist Church at East Lanvale Street and Guilford Avenue in midtown Baltimore. The American Unitarian Association (founded 1825) and the Universalist Church of America (established 1866) representing the two strains of Unitarian Universalism beliefs and philosophies merged as a national denomination named the Unitarian Universalist Association in May 1961.

The church building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972.^[2]