Tabernacle Baptist Church

The picturesque appearance of this late Gothic Revival church stems from the combination of three square towers and two gable-roof blocks -- the result of six remodelings between 1881 and 1909. Raleigh architect James Matthew Kennedy, who designed the City Market and Murphey School, is primarily responsible for the church's present asymmetrical appearance.

Date: 1881-1909

Images

Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2010
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2010 Image courtesy of B. Fullington, Capital City Camera Club.
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2010
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2010 Image courtesy of B. Fullington, Capital City Camera Club.
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1980
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1980 Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1970
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1970 Image Courtesy of Arch and Hist.
Tabernacle Baptist Church, date unknown
Tabernacle Baptist Church, date unknown Image courtesy of North Carolina Postcards, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill.
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Hargett Street side, 1944.<br />
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Tabernacle Baptist Church, Hargett Street side, 1944.

Tabernacle Baptist Church
Tabernacle Baptist Church Image courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina.

Location

219-223 East Hargett Street

Metadata

RHDC, “Tabernacle Baptist Church,” Raleigh Historic, accessed May 12, 2024, https://raleighhistoric.org/items/show/111.