The First Baptist Church is a historic church on

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South, south of

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. The wood-frame church was built in 1900, and rebuilt in 1946 after sustaining significant storm damage. The building is clad in a combination of weatherboard and novelty siding, and is covered by a shingled cross-gable roof. It is topped by a short gable-roofed belltower. The front facade is symmetrically organized around the main entrance, with the door recessed in a projecting section with its own, lower, end gable. The double doors are flanked by three-over-one windows. The building is associated with the African-American community that developed in the area during the first half of the 20th century. The building was listed on the

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in 1998.

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Baptist churches in Arkansas Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Churches completed in 1900 Churches in Chicot County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Chicot County, Arkansas Churches completed in 1946 Eudora, Arkansas {{Arkansas-Baptist-church-stub

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