State Street Baptist Church
Appearance
First Colored Baptist Church | |
![]() Front and western side | |
Location | 340 State St., Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 36°59′48″N 86°26′1″W / 36.99667°N 86.43361°W |
Built | 1898 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
MPS | Warren County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 79003524[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 18, 1979 |
The State Street Baptist Church, formerly the First Colored Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church at 340 State Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was built in 1898 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
The church was the first formally organized church for blacks in Bowling Green. It was formed in 1838 from slaves from the First Baptist Church. The present church building, built in 1898, is a 1+1⁄2-story brick Gothic Revival-style church with buttresses.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: First Colored Baptist Church". National Park Service. Spring 1978. Retrieved January 13, 2018. With photos.
Categories:
- Baptist churches in Kentucky
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Kentucky
- Churches completed in 1898
- 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States
- Churches in Warren County, Kentucky
- African-American history of Kentucky
- Buildings and structures in Bowling Green, Kentucky
- 1898 establishments in Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Kentucky
- Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs
- Kentucky church stubs