The First Baptist Church in

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is a historic

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church at 203 S. Fourth Street. It was built in 1931-33 and added to the

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in 1986. It is a large brick church with a 1600-seat auditorium. Orange and blue glazed brick was used in decorating its exterior. With . The first church of the congregation was a frame church built in 1848 at cost of $440. Its second church was built in 1901 at cost of $5,500. The present church cost $130,000.

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