First African Missionary Baptist Church

First African Missionary Baptist Church
Location 515 Webster St., Bainbridge, Georgia
Coordinates 30°54′15″N 84°34′29″W / 30.90417°N 84.57472°W / 30.90417; -84.57472Coordinates: 30°54′15″N 84°34′29″W / 30.90417°N 84.57472°W / 30.90417; -84.57472
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1904-1909
Architect Thomas H. Bynes
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference # 01001535[1]
Added to NRHP January 28, 2002

The First African Missionary Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia is a Romanesque Revival-style church built during 1904-1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

It is a brick church. It was designed by Thomas H. Bynes, a member of the congregation who was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, and is unusual as an "outstanding example of African-American church architecture in Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century", at a time when most churches founded and built by blacks were usually "plain, one-room frame structures, rectangular in shape with gable roofs" with "little or no ornamentation or architectural detailing."[2]:6–7

The interior has 12 curved rows of pews arranged in a semi-circle.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Steven Moffson (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First African Missionary Baptist Church". National Park Service. with 12 photos


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