First Baptist Church (Red Cloud, Nebraska)

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Coordinates: 40°05′23″N 98°31′17″W / 40.08972°N 98.52139°W / 40.08972; -98.52139 (First Baptist Church)
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First Baptist Church
The church in 2010
First Baptist Church (Red Cloud, Nebraska) is located in Nebraska
First Baptist Church (Red Cloud, Nebraska)
First Baptist Church (Red Cloud, Nebraska) is located in the United States
First Baptist Church (Red Cloud, Nebraska)
Location442 North Seward Street, Red Cloud, Nebraska
Coordinates40°05′23″N 98°31′17″W / 40.08972°N 98.52139°W / 40.08972; -98.52139 (First Baptist Church)
Arealess than one acre
Built1883 (1883)
MPSWilla Cather TR
NRHP reference No.82003206[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 12, 1982

The First Baptist Church is a historic church building in Red Cloud, Nebraska. It was built in 1884 thanks to the American Baptist Home Mission Society.[2] Author Willa Cather grew up attending this church with her parents, and she wrote about it in her 1915 novel, The Song of the Lark.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 12, 1982.[1]

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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 "Willa Cather Thematic Group: Sites in Webster County, Nebraska--Inventory: First Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved March 27, 2019. With accompanying pictures


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