First Baptist Church Education Building

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First Baptist Church Education Building
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Location317 Oak St., Chattanooga, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°2′56″N85°18′21″W / 35.04889°N 85.30583°W / 35.04889; -85.30583 Coordinates: 35°2′56″N85°18′21″W / 35.04889°N 85.30583°W / 35.04889; -85.30583
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1928
Architect Reuben Harrison Hunt
MPS Hunt, Reuben H., Buildings in Hamilton County TR
NRHP reference No. 80003811 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 29, 1980

First Baptist Church Education Building is a historic building at 317 Oak Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

It was built in 1928 to serve the congregation of the adjacent First Baptist Church, which had been built in 1886. Both buildings were designed by prominent local architect Reuben Harrison Hunt. Hunt was a member of the First Baptist Church, and the church building was his first major architectural project in Chattanooga. His design for the education building was intended to harmonize with the Romanesque design elements in the church, which was destroyed some time between 1928 and 1980. [2]

The First Baptist Church Education Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Hunt, Reuben H., Buildings in Hamilton County TR