Built 1908 NRHP Reference # 00000983 Added to NRHP 16 August 2000 | Architect Clinton P. Shockley Opened 1908 | |
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Location 415 Walnut St.
Waterloo, Iowa Architectural style Late 19th and early 20th century American Movements Similar Emerson School, Roosevelt Elementary School, Rensselaer Russell House, Snowden House, Whittier School | ||
Walnut Street Baptist Church is a church building in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, United States. It has also been known as Faith Temple Baptist Church.
Built in 1908, it was designed for its triangular lot by Waterloo architect Clinton P. Shockley. Although the main exterior materials are merely brick plus stone and concrete trim, the building reflects multiple architectural influences:
Thebuilding exhibits the influence of a combination of contemporary architectural styles and trends of the early 20th century including the English Arts and Crafts movement and the Chicago School with minor indications of the academic tradition of the Beaux-Arts.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
The Walnut Street Baptist Church congregation worshiped in the facility from its construction until 1970. The congregation was an early leader in the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches. Upon relocating to a new facility and changing its name to Walnut Ridge Baptist Church, the congregation sold the downtown site to Faith Temple Baptist Church (American Baptist Churches USA).
Clinton Phillip Shockley began his architectural practice in 1906. This was an important work for him. He and Mortimer Cleveland were "by far" the most qualified architects in Iowa and were able to win contracts that would previously have gone to non-Iowa firms.