First Baptist Church | |
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| Location | 538 Greenwood St., Eden, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°29′43″N 79°45′50″W / 36.49528°N 79.76389°W |
| Area | 4.2 acres (1.7 ha) |
| Built | 1886, 1934, 1937 |
| Architect | J.M. Hopper |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000178[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 22, 1989 |
First Baptist Church, previously known as Leaksville Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church located at 538 Greenwood Street in Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1886, and is a Gothic Revival style brick church. It has a hipped roof with intersecting gables and Stick Style decoration in the gable ends. It features lancet windows and a wooden Gothic belfry with pointed steeple centered on the roof. Two Colonial Revival style additions were made to the church in 1934 and 1937.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Linda Harris Edmiston (September 1988). "First Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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