St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Explained

St Paul Missionary Baptist Church
Location:124 Broadway Ave., Boise, Idaho
Coordinates:43.6103°N -116.1919°W
Map Label:St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church
Built:1921
Builder:Baptist Church Congregation
Architecture:Bungalow/American craftsman
Added:October 29, 1982
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:82000247

The St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Boise, Idaho is a historic Baptist church founded in 1909, and its building at 124 Broadway Avenue which was built in 1921. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

In 1982 it was deemed "historically significant as one of two churches still in existence in Idaho with a predominantly black congregation", when the congregation was about 150. The church was built by church members, including William Riley Hardy, its first pastor. It is described as "a vernacular structure with bungalow elements."[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82000247}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church]. National Park Service. Janet McCulloch . September 20, 1982 . August 28, 2017.