First Baptist Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)
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First Baptist Church | |
![]() Front of the church | |
Location | 813 Market St., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°16′4″N 81°33′24″W / 39.26778°N 81.55667°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1871 |
Architect | Lysander Dudley |
Architectural style | Italianate |
Part of | Avery Street Historic District (ID86000849) |
MPS | Downtown Parkersburg MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82001774[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 10, 1982 |
First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 813 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, three by six-bay, brick church in the Italianate style, which was popular at the time. It has a central steeple on the front facade and several rear additions. It is topped by a gable roof trimmed by an arched corbel table and corner turret.[2] This congregation was founded in 1817 and built their first church in 1837. First Baptist was built on that site.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,[1] and it is a contributing property to the Avery Street Historic District, which was designated and listed on the National Register in 1986.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Eliza Smith and Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: First Baptist Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ Michael J. Pauley (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Avery Street Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. p. 35. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Baptist churches in West Virginia
- Italianate architecture in West Virginia
- Churches completed in 1871
- 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States
- Churches in Wood County, West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Parkersburg, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Wood County, West Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in West Virginia
- Italianate church buildings in the United States
- Mid-Ohio Valley, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States church stubs
- West Virginia building and structure stubs