The First Baptist Church (also known as the Negro Baptist Church and the Elm Street Baptist Church) is a historic
Baptist
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church
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* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
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located at Elm and Sinclair Sts. in
West Baden Springs, Indiana
West Baden Springs is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 574 at the 2010 census. It is well known for its West Baden Springs Hotel and for being the birthplace of Larry Bird.
History
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. It was built in 1920, and is a one-story, rectangular, vernacular
Late Gothic Revival style frame building. It features a square projecting
belfry. At the time of its listing, the property was then vacant, and was owned by the West Baden Historical Society. It was deemed significant in the area of "Ethnic heritage: Black".
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1994.
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References
External links
* More photos of the First Baptist Church of West Baden Springs, Indiana at Wikimedia Commons
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African-American history of Indiana
Baptist churches in Indiana
Gothic Revival church buildings in Indiana
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Churches completed in 1920
Churches in Orange County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, Indiana
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