First African Baptist Church and Parsonage is a historic church and its
parsonage in a traditionally
African-American neighborhood
African-American neighborhoods or black neighborhoods are types of ethnic enclaves found in many cities in the United States. Generally, an African American neighborhood is one where the majority of the people who live there are African American. ...
of
Waycross, Georgia
Waycross is the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 14,725 at the 2010 Census and dropped to 13,942 in the 2020 census.
Waycross includes two historic districts (Downtown ...
. The church is now known as First Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. The property was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on April 11, 2003. It is located at 615 Knight Street and 407 Satilla Boulevard.
The church was constructed c.1905 and is
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
in style, wood-framed on a brick pier foundation. The front entrance to the church was changed sometime before 1957. The parsonage, built c.1910, is a
Queen Anne cottage with clapboard siding.
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Photos
File:First African Baptist Church & Parsonage, Waycross.JPG, Front
File:First African Baptist Church, front, Waycross, GA, US.jpg, Front (parsonage behind on the right)
File:First African Baptist Church, corner, Waycross, GA, US.jpg, Corner
File:First African Baptist Church, corner detail, Waycross, GA, US.jpg, Corner detail
File:First African Baptist Church, front closer, Waycross, GA, US.jpg, Closer view of the front
File:First African Baptist Church, entrance, Waycross, GA, US.jpg, Entrance
File:First African Baptist Church, detail above entrance, Waycross, GA, US.jpg, Detail above entrance
File:First African Baptist Church, front door, Waycross, GA, US.jpg, Front door
File:First African Baptist Church, spire detail, Waycross, GA, US.jpg, Spire detail
File:Parsonage for the First African Baptist Church, Waycross, GA, US (02).jpg, The parsonage
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Ware County, Georgia
References
External links
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Gothic Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Queen Anne architecture in Georgia (U.S. state)
Churches completed in 1905
Buildings and structures in Ware County, Georgia
Waycross, Georgia micropolitan area
National Register of Historic Places in Ware County, Georgia
Baptist churches in Georgia (U.S. state)
First African Baptist churches
1905 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
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