First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located in

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. It was designed by architect

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and dedicated in 1906. It is a Romanesque Revival-style church with a richly ornamented facade of rough-faced, pink granite ashlar and limestone trim. It features a tall, eight-level corner tower with a multiplicity of window types and a shorter flanking tower at the opposite corner. an
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/ref> Construction began in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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First Baptist Church website
African-American history of Virginia 20th-century Baptist churches in the United States Baptist churches in Virginia Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Romanesque Revival church buildings in Virginia Churches completed in 1906 Churches in Norfolk, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk, Virginia 1906 establishments in Virginia {{Virginia-church-stub