First Baptist Church (Muskogee, Oklahoma)
Historic church in Oklahoma, United States
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The First Baptist Church is a historic church building in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The church was built in 1903 and was the first church building for the African-American population of Muskogee County. It was built in a Romanesque Revival style. It features two asymmetrical, crenelated towers and a steeply pitched gabled roof. The building is clad in two types of red brick. The two types of brick are separated by a rusticated limestone belt course. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for architectural significance and for its importance in local African-American history.
First Baptist Church | |
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  Location within Oklahoma  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Muskogee, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°45′9.97″N 95°22′26.26″W |
| Built | 1903 |
| MPS | Black Protestant Churches of Muskogee TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003164[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 25, 1984 |
First Baptist "evolved from a mission school founded in 1877 for blacks and Indians". It is one of four churches included in the Black Protestant Churches of Muskogee Theme Resource study.[2]
Muskogee had a "thriving" black community with a business district of "several retail stores, physicians and attorneys offices, a black-owned bank, and a black newspaper, the Muskogee Cimeter."[2] The population included 7,831 blacks in 1910 (31% of the total Muskogee population).[2]
