First Baptist Church | |
Alt: | Front and western side of the First Baptist Church, located on the northwestern corner of the junction of Elm and Sinclair Streets in West Baden Springs, Indiana |
Location: | Jct. of Elm and Sinclair Sts., West Baden Springs, Indiana |
Coordinates: | 38.5636°N -86.6128°W |
Architecture: | Late Gothic Revival |
Added: | March 28, 1994 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 94000234 |
The First Baptist Church (also known as the Negro Baptist Church and the Elm Street Baptist Church) is a historic Baptist church located at Elm and Sinclair Sts. in West Baden Springs, Indiana. It was built in 1920, and is a one-story, rectangular, vernacular Late Gothic Revival style frame building. It features a square projecting belfry. At the time of its listing, the property was then vacant, and was owned by the West Baden Historical Society. It was deemed significant in the area of "Ethnic heritage: Black".[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.