First Baptist Church | |
Location: | 203 S. Fourth St., Murray, Kentucky |
Coordinates: | 36.6092°N -88.3014°W |
Built: | 1931-33 |
Added: | February 19, 1986 |
Area: | 0.8acres |
Refnum: | 86000289 |
The First Baptist Church in Murray, Kentucky is a historic Southern Baptist church at 203 S. Fourth Street. It was built in 1931-33 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
It is a large brick church with a 1600-seat auditorium. Orange and blue glazed brick was used in decorating its exterior.[1]
The first church of the congregation was a frame church built in 1848 at cost of $440. Its second church was built in 1901 at cost of $5,500. The present church cost $130,000.[1]