First Baptist Church of Boulder

Historic church in Boulder, Colorado United States historic place


First Baptist Church of Boulder
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Church in 2009

Location	1237 Pine St., Boulder, Colorado
Coordinates	40°01′13″N 105°16′45″W / 40.02028°N 105.27917°W / 40.02028; -105.27917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925-26
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	04000275
Added to NRHP	April 14, 2004

The First Baptist Church of Boulder, at 1237 Pine St. in Boulder, Colorado, was built in 1925-26. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is a brick L-shaped building "central three-story square tower is located at the inside corner of the "L" and has the pointed arch main entrance with heavy, paneled, glazed, wooden, double doors. The tower is topped with a pre-cast concrete belfry with such ornate details as a crenellated parapet, quatrefoils, corner piers, and large lancet openings with smaller lancet shapes in the tracery."

It was deemed significant as "excellent example of the Late Gothic Revival style. Exhibiting all of the elements of this early 20th century style in its square tower, decorative quatrefoils, pointed-arch windows and doors, and buttresses,

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Paul M. Leef; Patricia McNally-Leef; C. Geddes (November 21, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First Baptist Church of Boulder / 5BL.6271". National Park Service. Retrieved June 14, 2021. With accompanying 24 photos from 2003

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