First Baptist Church (Lexington, Virginia)
Historic church in Virginia, US
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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.[3]
First Baptist Church-Lexington | |
Front of the church | |
  Location within Virginia  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 103 N. Main St., Lexington, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°47′10″N 79°26′26″W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1894-1896 |
| Architect | E.N. Bogher, R. Jones, Irk Poindexter, the Moores, Carl Barckhoff |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000757[1] |
| VLR No. | 117-0027-0063 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 2006 |
| Designated VLR | June 8, 2006[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
