First Baptist Church (Lexington, Virginia) facts for kids

First Baptist Church-Lexington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	103 N. Main St., Lexington, Virginia
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1894 (1894)-1896
Architect	E.N. Bogher, R. Jones, Irk Poindexter, the Moores, Carl Barckhoff
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	06000757
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Added to NRHP	August 30, 2006

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.