Built c. 1890 (1890), 1911 VLR # 107-0039 Area 2,800 m² Added to NRHP 24 January 2002 | NRHP Reference # 01001518 Opened 1890 Phone +1 540-962-0181 | |
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Location 337 S. Lexington Ave., Covington, Virginia Architect Hunter, James R. & Sons Architectural style Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival Address 337 S Lexington Ave, Covington, VA 24426, USA | ||
First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church complex located at Covington, Virginia. The property includes two churches. One of the churches was built about 1890, and is a Gothic Revival style frame church. After construction of the 1911 church, it served as a classroom annex and cafeteria for a nearby school. The 1911 church is a Gothic Revival / Colonial Revival brick church. It features a corner belfry tower, lancet arched stained-glass windows, and a modernistic 1955 education wing.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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