Central Baptist Church (Muskogee, Oklahoma)

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Central Baptist Church
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Location515 N. 4th St., Muskogee, Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°45′12″N95°22′12″W / 35.75333°N 95.37000°W / 35.75333; -95.37000
Arealess than one acre
Built1908
MPS Black Protestant Churches of Muskogee TR
NRHP reference No. 84003157 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 25, 1984

The Central Baptist Church at 515 N. 4th Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma was a historic Baptist church building. It was built in 1908 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

The building was demolished in 1985 for Arrowhead Mall.[ citation needed ]

It was a 40 by 95 feet (12 m × 29 m) one-story building with a hipped roof and two-story towers at north and south ends of its east-facing front. It was listed on the National Register as part of a multiple property submission for Black Protestant churches in Muskogee. [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. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Central Baptist Church". National Park Service . Retrieved June 2, 2017. With four photos from 1983.