Built 1915 Opened 1915 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | NRHP Reference # 89001417 Area 6,900 m² Added to NRHP 14 September 1989 | |
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Location 301 W. Main St., Forest City, North Carolina |
Forest City Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building located at 301 W. Main Street in Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect James M. McMichael and built in 1915. It is a two-story, cruciform plan, Classical Revival style brick building. It consists of an octagonal core surmounted by an eight-sided, slate-covered, pyramidal roof from which rectangular pedimented-gable wings project on the four sides. Adjoining the church is the Alexander Memorial building, built in 1927.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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