{"nrhp_refnum":"78002359","name":"Southampton Baptist Church and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2nd St. Pike and Maple Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southampton","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.183839023000075,"lon":-75.03567571199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stuccoed stone Baptist church with a steep gable roof and an adjoining small cemetery in Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The present building reflects enlargements completed in 1814, replacing a 1772 stone meetinghouse that succeeded a 1731 church.","why_significant":"The church is described as the oldest Baptist church in Bucks County and as a well-preserved example of meetinghouse-style ecclesiastical architecture, with original 1814 interior woodwork. The church's pastors and deacons also ran a Latin school and helped found the Union Library Company of Hatboro, and the cemetery holds the graves of 24 Revolutionary War soldiers and six veterans of the French and Indian Wars.","narrative":"Southampton Baptist Church stands in Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as a two-story stuccoed stone meetinghouse with a steep pitched gable roof. The congregation began meeting in members' homes in 1691 and received land from John Morris for a meetinghouse in 1731. The stone building was replaced in 1772 and enlarged to its present form in 1814, and the interior retains its original 1814 reeded and panelled pews and galleries. The church is regarded as the oldest Baptist church in Bucks County. Reverend Joshua Potts, pastor until his death in 1761, taught a Latin grammar school whose students later entered the Baptist ministry and government. Potts and deacon Joseph Hart helped found the Union Library Company of Hatboro in 1755. The adjoining cemetery is the burial place of 24 Revolutionary War soldiers and six veterans of the French and Indian Wars.","period_of_significance":"1772-1814","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Meetinghouse style","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.414574-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002359.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002359/a086eaa158-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002359/a086eaa158-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southampton_Baptist_Church_PA_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southampton_Baptist_Church_PA_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998204","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_Baptist_Church_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7569099"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/southampton-baptist-church-and-cemetery-78002359/"}