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First Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
First Baptist Church, September 2013
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Location	418 E. Bute St., Norfolk, Virginia
Coordinates	36°51′9″N 76°17′4″W / 36.85250°N 76.28444°W / 36.85250; -76.28444
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1906 (1906)
Architect	Hunt, Reuben H.
Architectural style	Romanesque, Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	83003297
VLR No.	122-0040
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1983
Designated VLR	April 19, 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.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
4. "Dictionary of Virginia Biography - Richard Hausber Bowling Biography". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-02.

External links

Media related to First Baptist Church (Norfolk, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons

• First Baptist Church website

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