Arco Baptist Community Church

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Arco Baptist Community Church
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Location402 W. Grand Ave., Arco, Idaho
Coordinates 43°38′2″N113°18′14″W / 43.63389°N 113.30389°W / 43.63389; -113.30389
Arealess than one acre
Built1929
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No. 01001303 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 2001

The Arco Baptist Community Church is a church building located in Arco, Idaho listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Also known as Arco Baptist Church, it was completed in 1929 and was listed on the National Register in 2001. [1] [2]

It is a two-story building which was built to plans provided by the American Baptist Home Mission Society. It is 88 by 70 feet (27 m × 21 m) in plan. Its Romanesque Revival style is disguised by use of rounded local fieldstone instead of square-cut ashlar stone. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Dale M. Gray (August 10, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Arco Baptist Community Church / Arco Baptist Church". National Park Service . Retrieved August 23, 2017. With four photos from 1997 and 2001.