First Baptist Church of Boulder | |
Coordinates: | 40.0203°N -105.2792°W |
Built: | 1925-26 |
Architect Or Builder: | Martin, Orr and Martin |
Architecture: | Late Gothic Revival |
Added: | April 14, 2004 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 04000275 |
The First Baptist Church of Boulder, at 1237 Pine St. in Boulder, Colorado, was built in 1925-26. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. It is a brick L-shaped building "central three-story square tower is located at the inside corner of the "L" and has the pointed arch main entrance with heavy, paneled, glazed, wooden, double doors. The tower is topped with a pre-cast concrete belfry with such ornate details as a crenellated parapet, quatrefoils, corner piers, and large lancet openings with smaller lancet shapes in the tracery."
It was deemed significant as "excellent example of the Late Gothic Revival style. Exhibiting all of the elements of this early 20th century style in its square tower, decorative quatrefoils, pointed-arch windows and doors, and buttresses,[1]