First Baptist Church of Painted Post is a historic

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church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

located at Painted Post in

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. The church was originally built in 1860 and expanded and remodeled in 1915 by architects

Pierce & Bickford Pierce & Bickford was an American architectural firm active in Elmira, New York from 1891 to 1932. It was formed as the partnership of architects of Joseph H. Pierce (1855-1932) and Hiram H. Bickford (1864-1929), with later partner Robert T. ...

after a fire destroyed the mid-19th century building's tower and spire. The three-part church consists of the main block—a , , gable-roofed edifice built in 1860 and now containing the sanctuary; the front wing—a , addition built in 1915 and now containing the foyer and

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; and a noncontributing rear addition. The front wing features two massive square corner towers surmounted by louvered

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and bell curved roofs. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1999.

References

External links

First Baptist Church of Painted Post website
Baptist churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Renaissance Revival architecture in New York (state) Churches completed in 1915 20th-century Baptist churches in the United States Churches in Steuben County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Steuben County, New York 1915 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-church-stub