Forest City Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church, is a historic

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building located at 301 W. Main Street in Forest City,

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. It was designed by architect James M. McMichael and built in 1915. It is a two-story, cruciform plan,

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style brick building. It consists of an octagonal core surmounted by an eight-sided, slate-covered, pyramidal roof from which rectangular pedimented-gable wings project on the four sides. Adjoining the church is the Alexander Memorial building, built in 1927. It was added to the

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in 1989.

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