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Canaan Baptist Church (Texarkana, Arkansas)

Coordinates: 33°25′59″N 94°2′29″W / 33.43306°N 94.04139°W / 33.43306; -94.04139
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Canaan Baptist Church
Canaan Baptist Church (Texarkana, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Canaan Baptist Church (Texarkana, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Canaan Baptist Church (Texarkana, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Canaan Baptist Church (Texarkana, Arkansas)
Location in United States
LocationJct. of Laurel and 10th Sts., Texarkana, Arkansas
Coordinates33°25′59″N 94°2′29″W / 33.43306°N 94.04139°W / 33.43306; -94.04139
Arealess than one acre
ArchitectT.L. Bentley, S.C. Cox
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Other, Vernacular Late 19c Revival
NRHP reference No.90000903[1]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1990

The Canaan Baptist Church is a historic church at the junction of Laurel and 10th Streets in Texarkana, Arkansas. The single-story brick church was built in 1929 for an African-American congregation established in 1883. The building was designed by S. C. Cox, and exhibits Colonial Revival styling with some Gothic details, primarily in its pointed-arch windows.[2]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Canaan Baptist Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-26.