First Baptist Church | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | April 19, 1983[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 122-0040 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 418 E. Bute St., Norfolk, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 36.8525°N -76.2844°W |
Architect: | Hunt, Reuben H. |
Architecture: | Romanesque, Romanesque Revival |
Added: | July 21, 1983 |
Refnum: | 83003297 |
First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located in Norfolk, Virginia. It was designed by architect R. H. Hunt and dedicated in 1906. It is a Romanesque Revival-style church with a richly ornamented facade of rough-faced, pink granite ashlar and limestone trim. It features a tall, eight-level corner tower with a multiplicity of window types and a shorter flanking tower at the opposite corner.[2] Construction began in 1904.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.