First Baptist Church (Asheville, North Carolina)


First Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
First Baptist Church, September 2012
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Location	Oak and Woodfin Sts., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°35′57″N 82°32′52″W / 35.59917°N 82.54778°W / 35.59917; -82.54778Coordinates: 35°35′57″N 82°32′52″W / 35.59917°N 82.54778°W / 35.59917; -82.54778
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1925 (1925)-1927
Built by	Miller Engineering Corp.
Architect	Ellington, Douglas D.
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP Reference #	76001308^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 13, 1976

First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Douglas Ellington and built in 1925-1927. It is a two-story, domed, polygonal brick building with Art Deco design influences. The front facade features a colossal hectastyle portico.^[2]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Robert Topkins, Mary Alice Hinson and McKeldin Smith (April 1976). "First Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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