page_title: Blackstone, Providence, Rhode Island
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Blackstone, Providence, Rhode Island / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Community Church of Providence, 372 Wayland Avenue, Providence. Founded as Second Baptist Church of Providence in 1805. Previous names include Pine Street Baptist Church and Central Baptist Church. In 1917 the congregation moved into the present building.
context_page_description: Blackstone is a predominantly residential neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island. It is in the northeast corner of the city and is bounded to the south and west by Lloyd Avenue and Hope Street respectively. It is one of six neighborhoods comprising the East Side of Providence.
context_section_description: Blackstone is one of the last parts of Providence to be developed, as the remoteness of its location and marshy land had precluded significant development before the late 19th century. It wasn't until construction of Blackstone Boulevard in 1894 as a means of reaching Swan Point Cemetery that the area saw extensive residential development.
  The area was largely marshland, and the earliest road was Cat Swamp Lane followed the high ground. Several farms were located in the area during the 1700s, and a few farmhouses from that era remain.   In the late 1700s, several burial grounds were established in the remote western part of the city. Several of these by 1847 and 1858 became consolidated into present-day Swan Point Cemetery.
caption: Community Church of Providence, formerly Central Baptist Church[1], at Wayland and Lloyd Ave.
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