Eighth and Center Streets Baptist Church

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Eighth and Center Streets Baptist Church
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Location722 Center St., Hannibal, Missouri
Coordinates 39°42′28″N91°21′48″W / 39.70778°N 91.36333°W / 39.70778; -91.36333 Coordinates: 39°42′28″N91°21′48″W / 39.70778°N 91.36333°W / 39.70778; -91.36333
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1872
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 80002376 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1980

Eighth and Center Streets Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at 722 Center Street in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. It was built in 1872, and is a red brick, two-level rectangular Romanesque Revival building measuring approximately 70 feet long by 40 feet wide. [2] :2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It is located in the Central Park Historic District and Maple Avenue Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Hiawatha M. Crow (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Eighth and Center Streets Baptist Church" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 3 photographs from 1979)