Guild Hall (Newport, Rhode Island)

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The Guild Hall was built October 1875 - February 1876 to serve as S. John's first church building.
In October 1875, work started on the church building, a board-and-batten structure built in the popular Gothic Revival style. Prominent architect George C. Mason, Trinity's senior warden, donated the plans and Nathan Barker of Newport served as the builder and contractor. Mr. Mason's original design had not included a bell tower, but the Newport city government offered to defray part of the cost of the tower and to provide a bell if the bell were also used as a fire alarm. The chapel was named "The Free Chapel of S. John the Evangelist," a name that had been selected by the Dr. White, who had died unexpectedly only two months before the building was completed.
www.saintjohns-newport.org/guildhall.htm