State Street Baptist Church Explained

First Colored Baptist Church
Location:340 State St., Bowling Green, Kentucky
Coordinates:36.9967°N -86.4336°W
Built:1898
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:December 18, 1979
Refnum:79003524

The State Street Baptist Church, formerly the First Colored Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church at 340 State Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was built in 1898 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The church was the first formally organized church for blacks in Bowling Green. It was formed in 1838 from slaves from the First Baptist Church. The present church building, built in 1898, is a -story brick Gothic Revival-style church with buttresses.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79003524}} Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: First Colored Baptist Church ]. National Park Service. Spring 1978 . January 13, 2018. With .