Built 1894 (1894)-1896 VLR # 117-0027-0063 Area 1,600 m² | NRHP Reference # 06000757 Designated VLR June 8, 2006 Added to NRHP 30 August 2006 | |
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Location 103 N. Main St., Lexington, Virginia Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Lexington Presbyterian Church, Blue Ridge Mountains, Stonewall Jackson House, Washington and Lee University, Alumni Memorial Field | ||
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
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