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Springfield Baptist Church (Greensboro, Georgia)

Coordinates: 33°34′39″N 83°10′41″W / 33.57750°N 83.17806°W / 33.57750; -83.17806 (Springfield Baptist Church)
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Springfield Baptist Church
Springfield Baptist Church (Greensboro, Georgia) is located in Georgia
Springfield Baptist Church (Greensboro, Georgia)
LocationCanaan Circle, Greensboro, Georgia
Coordinates33°34′39″N 83°10′41″W / 33.57750°N 83.17806°W / 33.57750; -83.17806 (Springfield Baptist Church)
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1907 (1907)
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSGreensboro MRA
NRHP reference No.87001451[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 1987

The Springfield Baptist Church, on Canaan Circle in Greensboro, Georgia, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

It has rectangular towers at its front two corners.[2]

It is a primarily black church formed as an 1864 split off the First Baptist Church of Greensboro, which continued as a whites-only church, after the American Civil War. It was the first black Baptist church in Greensboro.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Historic Resources of Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia: Springfield Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved June 19, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1986