First Baptist Church (Norfolk, Virginia) facts for kids

First Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
First Baptist Church, September 2013
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Location	418 E. Bute St., Norfolk, Virginia
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1906 (1906)
Architect	Hunt, Reuben H.
Architectural style	Romanesque, Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	83003297
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Added to NRHP	July 21, 1983

First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located in Norfolk, Virginia. It was designed by architect R. H. Hunt and dedicated in 1906. It is a Romanesque Revival-style church with a richly ornamented facade of rough-faced, pink granite ashlar and limestone trim. It features a tall, eight-level corner tower with a multiplicity of window types and a shorter flanking tower at the opposite corner. Construction began in 1904.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.