Malden Town Hall was rented for Weekly Worship and Meeting activities.
Insurance money and fund raising helped to finance the construction of the Fourth House of Worship. The contract to build for $11,371.42 was awarded to Mr. James Osgood of Maine. With all the funds raised and brought forward, it was noted that the New building, with organ furnishings included, would be mortgage free. Still there was a surplus of $458.00
Here’s the description of the church building. The building was large with a tall spire on its southwest corner. It sat back from Salem Street with a large circular driveway to the front doors. The Main Street side had another driveway with a small grove of trees beside it. The pulpit was on the north wall with the baptistry under the platform. The organ and the choir loft were at the left front with a small room attached which was used as the Sabbath School library. There was a center aisle, as well as an aisle along each wall. The windows on the east and west walls were tall and contained glazed panes. A balcony ran along the rear of the church and the walls had smaller windows. The Pastor’s study was to the right of the pulpit while the vestry was located adjacent to the front of the Sanctuary. Sometime soon after the Civil War, the first Parsonage was built on the site of the present Parish House on Main Street.Source: One Hundred and Seventy Five Years of The First Baptist Church of Malden (1803-1978), 1st Edition by Dorothy L. Foxon, May 1979.
One Hundred and Ninety Five Years of The First Baptist Church of Malden (1803-1998), Addendum to 175th Church History by Rev. Martha A. Dominy