New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Explained

New Hope Primitive Baptist Church
Location:Southwest of Richmond on Old Orrick Rd., near Richmond, Missouri
Coordinates:39.2497°N -94.0433°W
Built:1897
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:November 14, 1980
Refnum:80002393

New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, also known as New Hope Church, is a historic Primitive Baptist church located near Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. The church was established c. 1820 as North Bluffton and the building was constructed in 1897. It is a one-story, rectangular, vernacular Greek Revival style frame building. It measures 30 feet by 40 feet and has a high gable roof. Adjacent to the church is a contributing cemetery containing 166 graves dating from 1856 to 1973.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: New Hope Primitive Baptist Church . 2017-02-01. Ann M. Matthews and James M. Denny. July 1980. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 6 photographs from 1979)