First African Missionary Baptist Church
First African Missionary Baptist Church | |
| Location | 515 Webster St., Bainbridge, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 30°54′15″N 84°34′29″W / 30.90417°N 84.57472°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1904-1909 |
| Architect | Thomas H. Bynes |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001535[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 28, 2002 |
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The First African Missionary Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia, is a Romanesque Revival-style church built during 1904–1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
It is a brick church. It was designed by Thomas H. Bynes, a member of the congregation who was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, and is unusual as an "outstanding example of African-American church architecture in Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century", at a time when most churches founded and built by blacks were usually "plain, one-room frame structures, rectangular in shape with gable roofs" with "little or no ornamentation or architectural detailing."[2]: 6–7
The interior has 12 curved rows of pews arranged in a semi-circle.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Steven Moffson (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First African Missionary Baptist Church". National Park Service. with 12 photos