Pleasant Ridge United Baptist Church is a historic

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located at the junction of MO P and Woodruff Road in

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. It was built in 1844, and is a one-story, rectangular, brick building. It measures approximately 35 feet by 51 feet, and has a front gable roof. Located on the property is the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery with graves dating from 1848. (includes 13 photographs from 2000-2001) It was listed on the

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in 2002.

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