Second Baptist Church (Bloomington, Indiana)

Second Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church, September 2010
Location 321 N. Rogers St., Bloomington, Indiana
Coordinates 39°10′9″N 86°32′20″W / 39.16917°N 86.53889°W / 39.16917; -86.53889Coordinates: 39°10′9″N 86°32′20″W / 39.16917°N 86.53889°W / 39.16917; -86.53889
Area 0 acres (0 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)
Architect Plato, Samuel
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 95001108[1]
Added to NRHP September 14, 1995

Second Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was designed by noted African-American architect Samuel Plato and built in 1913. It is a one-story, "L"-plan, Romanesque Revival style stone building on a raised basement. It features broad round arched openings, a two-story bell tower, lancet windows, and oculus tracery.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the Bloomington West Side Historic District.

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Kathleen S. Branigan (December 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Second Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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