Baptist Church in Exeter
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The Baptist Church in Exeter, also known as Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, is an historic building located at 467 Ten Rod Road in Exeter, Rhode Island
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The church building was constructed in 1838 in a Greek Revival style. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on November 21, 1978. Mercy Brown
, an alleged vampire
, was buried in the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church cemetery in 1892 and later exhumed
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Exeter, Rhode Island
Exeter is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Exeter extends east from the Connecticut border to the town of North Kingstown. It is bordered to the north by West Greenwich and East Greenwich, and to the south by Hopkinton, Richmond and South Kingstown. Exeter's postal code...
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The church building was constructed in 1838 in a Greek Revival style. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on November 21, 1978. Mercy Brown
Mercy Brown vampire incident
The Mercy Brown Vampire Incident, which occurred in 1892, is one of the best documented cases of the exhumation of a corpse in order to perform rituals to banish an undead manifestation....
, an alleged vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
, was buried in the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church cemetery in 1892 and later exhumed
Burial
Burial is the act of placing a person or object into the ground. This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing an object in it, and covering it over.-History:...
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