Built 1884 (1884) VLR # 118-0025 Opened 1884 Architectural style Gothic architecture Added to NRHP 9 September 1982 | NRHP Reference # 82004570 Designated VLR April 21, 1981 Area 4,000 m² Phone +1 434-846-1345 Architect John Rochester Thomas | |
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Location 1100 Court St., Lynchburg, Virginia Address 1100 Court St, Lynchburg, VA 24504, USA Similar Court Street Baptist C, Diamond Hill Baptist Church, St Paul's Church, Allied Arts Building, Jones Memorial Library | ||
The First Baptist Church, a historic Baptist church located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It is built of hard-pressed red brick on a rough granite foundation. The main facade of the church, facing Eleventh Street, and the two sides are centered with large rose windows framed within Gothic arches covered with hood moldings. Construction began in 1884 and the church was dedicated in 1886. In the 1920s, Lynchburg architect Stanhope S. Johnson designed the complementary Sunday School annex. In 1941, the interior of the sanctuary was modified by Stanhope S. Johnson, with the creation of a divided chancel. It is home to the oldest Baptist congregation of Lynchburg, established in July 1815.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District.