St. Paul Baptist Church-Morehead School
Appearance
St. Paul Baptist Church--Morehead School | |
Location | 772 Hickory Flats Road Kinder, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°32′57″N 92°49′26″W / 30.54904°N 92.82399°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1910 |
NRHP reference No. | 05000686[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 6, 2005 |
St. Paul Baptist Church—Morehead School in Kinder, Louisiana is a historic church which doubled as a public school for African-American students. The church was built c. 1910. It was used as a public school from 1919 to c. 1945.[2][3]
It is a simple wood-frame church with a hipped roof and a forward-projecting tower. Inside, it has a vaulted ceiling and a historic blackboard on its front wall.[2]
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "St. Paul Baptist Church / Morehead School" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 2005. Retrieved March 27, 2017. with three photos and two maps
- ^ National Register Staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation (February 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: St. Paul Baptist Church, Alien Parish, LA". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017. With five photos from 2004.
See also
Categories:
- Baptist churches in Louisiana
- Private schools in Louisiana
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Churches completed in 1919
- Churches in Allen Parish, Louisiana
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Allen Parish, Louisiana
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs
- Louisiana church stubs