First Baptist Church, originally known as Lexington African Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building in the city of Lexington, Virginia, United States. It was built between 1894 and 1896, and is a large brick church on a limestone basement in the Gothic Revival style. It has a front gable roof, round and lancet-arch stained glass windows, and towers at its two front corners. The right hand tower has a belfry and spire. The interior consists of a barrel-vaulted auditorium with a gallery on turned posts and the basement has classroom and meeting spaces. Historically First Baptist played a central role in the life of Lexington's African-American community.[3]
First Baptist Church-Lexington | |
 Front of the church | |
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| Location | 103 N. Main St., Lexington, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′10″N 79°26′26″W / 37.78611°N 79.44056°W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1894-1896 |
| Architect | E.N. Bogher, R. Jones, Irk Poindexter, the Moores, Carl Barckhoff |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000757[1] |
| VLR No. | 117-0027-0063 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 2006 |
| Designated VLR | June 8, 2006[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (January 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Baptist Church-Lexington" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
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