First Baptist Church | |
Coordinates: | 36.4953°N -79.7639°W |
Built: | 1886, 1934, 1937 |
Architect: | J.M. Hopper |
Architecture: | Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival |
Added: | March 22, 1989 |
Refnum: | 89000178 |
First Baptist Church, previously known as Leaksville Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church located at 538 Greenwood Street in Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1886, and is a Gothic Revival style brick church. It has a hipped roof with intersecting gables and Stick Style decoration in the gable ends. It features lancet windows and a wooden Gothic belfry with pointed steeple centered on the roof. Two Colonial Revival style additions were made to the church in 1934 and 1937.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.