Friendship Baptist Church (Pasadena, California)

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Location80 W. Dayton St., Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°8′36″N118°9′4″W / 34.14333°N 118.15111°W / 34.14333; -118.15111
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1925
Architect Norman F. Marsh
Architectural styleMission/spanish Revival, Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No. 78000696 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1978

Friendship Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Pasadena, California. The oldest black Baptist church in Pasadena, the church was built in 1925 to serve a congregation founded in 1893. The church was designed by Norman F. Marsh in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Its design includes a tower, a bell-gable, a tile roof, and stained-glass windows. [2] It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1978. [1]

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Norman Foote Marsh was an American architect based in Los Angeles, California who worked mostly in California and Arizona.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. McNeil, Edna M. (March 22, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Friendship Baptist Church". National Park Service . Retrieved May 9, 2013.

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