First Colored Baptist Church | |
Location: | 682 S. Lauderdale St., Memphis, Tennessee |
Coordinates: | 35.1286°N -90.0436°W |
Built: | 1939 |
Architect: | Thomas O. Fuller |
Builder: | Scott, Samuel F.; Davis, Edgar H. |
Architecture: | vernacular Colonial Revival |
Added: | July 14, 2000 |
Refnum: | 00000807 |
The First Colored Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, also known as First Baptist Church—Lauderdale, was built in 1939 in a vernacular Colonial Revival style, with design attributed to Rev. Thomas O. Fuller.[1]
It is a rectangular brick building with brick laid in common bond. It has a limestone fence separating its parking area from the street, which is a c.1890 fence from the former Second Empire-styled Sanford house on the property.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It was deemed significant for its association with Thomas Oscar Fuller (1867-).[1]