The former First Baptist Church, now the Valleytown Cultural Arts Center is a historic

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building at 101 Chestnut Street in

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. The Classical Revival brick structure was built in 1923 for a congregation founded in 1902; it was their second building on the site. The building was used by the congregation until c. 1987, when it was sold to a local nonprofit corporation for use as an arts center. The building was listed on the

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in 2002.

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