Canaan Baptist Church (Texarkana, Arkansas) Explained

Canaan Baptist Church
Coordinates:33.4331°N -94.0414°W
Architect:T.L. Bentley, S.C. Cox
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Other, Vernacular Late 19c Revival
Added:June 14, 1990
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:90000903

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.[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Canaan Baptist Church. Arkansas Preservation. 2014-09-26.