First Baptist Church (Reidsville, North Carolina)

First Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church located at 401 S. Scales Street in Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1918, and is a Late Gothic Revival style brick church. It has a three bay wide front facade with crenellated towers of unequal height and a three-part tracery stained glass window. It was home to an African-American Baptist congregation until the mid-1970s.[2]

First Baptist Church
Location401 S. Scales St., Reidsville, North Carolina
Coordinates36°21′26″N 79°39′52″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1918
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPSReidsville MRA
NRHP reference No.86003386[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 11, 1986

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Allison Harris Black (November 1985). "First Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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