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First Baptist Church

By RHDC
First Baptist Church, 2010
First Baptist Church, 2010 Image courtesy of D. Randolph, Capital City Camera Club.

Designed by English architect William Percival, First Baptist Church is a variant of the Gothic Revival style. The church is a symmetrical brick structure stuccoed and scored to give the appearance of stone. The building features an entrance tower with tall pinnacles and a 160-foot-tall spire. It is one of the four ecclesiastical anchors of Union (Capitol) Square.

Date: 1859

Images

First Baptist Church, 2010
First Baptist Church, 2010 Image courtesy of D. Randolph, Capital City Camera Club.
First Baptist Church, 2010
First Baptist Church, 2010 Detail. Image courtesy of D. Randolph, Capital City Camera Club.
First Baptist Church, 1904
First Baptist Church, 1904 Image courtesy of Historic Architecture Research. Doorway, First Baptist Church, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Project Records (UA110.041). Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries. July 29, 2014. http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/bh0337p02. NCSU Libraries’ Digital Collections: Rare and Unique Materials.
First Baptist Church, 1859
First Baptist Church, 1859 Image courtesy of Historic Architecture Research. Front view, First Baptist Church, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Project Records (UA110.041). Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries. July 29, 2014. http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/bh0337p04. NCSU Libraries’ Digital Collections: Rare and Unique Materials.
First Baptist Church, 1859
First Baptist Church, 1859 Image courtesy of Historic Architecture Research. Interior view, First Baptist Church, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Project Records (UA110.041). Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries. July 29, 2014. http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/bh0337p01. NCSU Libraries’ Digital Collections: Rare and Unique Materials.
First Baptist Church, date unknown
First Baptist Church, date unknown Image courtesy of North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Raleigh, North Carolina.
First Baptist Church, 1900-1930s
First Baptist Church, 1900-1930s Image courtesy of the Albertype Co. Collection of North Carolina Photographs (P0074), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location

99 North Salisbury Street

Metadata

Related Resources

  1. First Baptist Church 1859 Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance

Citation Info

RHDC, “First Baptist Church,” Raleigh Historic, accessed May 13, 2024, https://raleighhistoric.org/items/show/18.

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