First Baptist Church (Eden, North Carolina) Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linda Harris Edmiston. First Baptist Church. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1988. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.