First Baptist Church (Eden, North Carolina)

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Location538 Greenwood St., Eden, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°29′43″N79°45′50″W / 36.49528°N 79.76389°W / 36.49528; -79.76389
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1886, 1934, 1937
ArchitectJ.M. Hopper
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 89000178 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 1989

First Baptist Church, previously known as Leaksville Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church located at 538 Greenwood Street in Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1886, and is a Gothic Revival style brick church. It has a hipped roof with intersecting gables and Stick Style decoration in the gable ends. It features lancet windows and a wooden Gothic belfry with pointed steeple centered on the roof. Two Colonial Revival-style additions were made to the church in 1934 and 1937. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [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. Linda Harris Edmiston (September 1988). "First Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.