Ashland Avenue Baptist Church | |
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| Location | Ashland and Woodruff Sts., Toledo, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 41°39′37.55″N83°32′56.88″W / 41.6604306°N 83.5491333°W |
| Architect | Sidell & Miller and David L. Stine [1] |
| Architectural style | Romanesque [1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003144 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | 1980-11-26 [1] |
Ashland Avenue Baptist Church is a registered historic church building in Toledo, Ohio.
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