The Springfield Baptist Church, on Canaan Circle in Greensboro, Georgia, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
Springfield Baptist Church | |
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| Location | Canaan Circle, Greensboro, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 33°34′39″N 83°10′41″W / 33.57750°N 83.17806°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Greensboro MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001451[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 9, 1987 |
It has rectangular towers at its front two corners.[2]
It is a primarily black church formed as an 1864 split off the First Baptist Church of Greensboro, which continued as a whites-only church, after the American Civil War. It was the first black Baptist church in Greensboro.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Historic Resources of Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia: Springfield Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved June 19, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1986