First Baptist Church-Lexington | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | June 8, 2006[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 117-0027-0063 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 37.7861°N -79.4406°W |
Built: | -1896 |
Architect: | E.N. Bogher, R. Jones, Irk Poindexter, the Moores, Carl Barckhoff |
Architecture: | Gothic Revival |
Added: | August 30, 2006 |
Refnum: | 06000757 |
First Baptist Church, originally known as Lexington African Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building in the city of Lexington, Virginia, United States. It was built between 1894 and 1896, and is a large brick church on a limestone basement in the Gothic Revival style. It has a front gable roof, round and lancet-arch stained glass windows, and towers at its two front corners. The right hand tower has a belfry and spire. The interior consists of a barrel-vaulted auditorium with a gallery on turned posts and the basement has classroom and meeting spaces. Historically First Baptist played a central role in the life of Lexington's African-American community.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.