St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church (Baltimore, Maryland)

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, September 2012
Location	901 E. Eager St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates
Area	less than one acre
Built	1855 (1855)-1856
Architect	Niernsee & Baldwin; Baldwin,E.F.
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	82004751
Added to NRHP	March 15, 1982

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, now known as Sweet Prospect Baptist Church, is a historic Roman Catholic church located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is an 1855-1856 Italianate-influenced masonry structure that is constructed of stuccoed brick walls resting on a rubble stone foundation. It was designed by Niernsee & Neilson. The exterior features twin square towers flanking the main façade and a semi-octagonal apse flanked by one-story pavilions on the back. It is the most intact remaining example of an Italianate public edifice in Baltimore. Under instructions from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, the final mass was held at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, on June 26, 1966, and the congregation merged with that of St. James the Less Roman Catholic Church, just two block away. The church then became the New Central Social Hall.

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

External links

• St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore City, including photo from 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Maryland Historical Society website
• Sweet Prospect Baptist Church website