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First African Baptist Church and Parsonage is a historic church and its
parsonage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, pa ...
in a traditionally
African-American neighborhood African-American neighborhoods or black neighborhoods are types of ethnic enclaves found in many cities in the United States. Generally, an African American neighborhood is one where the majority of the people who live there are African American ...
of
Waycross, Georgia Waycross is the county seat of and only incorporated city in Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 13,942 in the 2020 census. Waycross gets its name from the city's location at key railroad junctions; lines from six di ...
. The church is now known as First Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. The property was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on April 11, 2003. It is located at 615 Knight Street and 407 Satilla Boulevard. The church was constructed and is
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
in style, wood-framed on a brick pier foundation. The front entrance to the church was changed sometime before 1957. The parsonage, built , is a Queen Anne cottage with clapboard siding. with


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See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Ware County, Georgia


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* Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Queen Anne architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Churches completed in 1905 Buildings and structures in Ware County, Georgia Waycross, Georgia micropolitan area National Register of Historic Places in Ware County, Georgia Baptist churches in Georgia (U.S. state) First African Baptist churches 1905 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Gothic Revival church buildings in Georgia (U.S. state) {{WareCountyGA-NRHP-stub