First Baptist Church (Williamsburg, Virginia)

First Baptist Church
Location 727 Scotland St.
Coordinates 37°16′27″N 76°42′40″W / 37.27417°N 76.71111°W / 37.27417; -76.71111Coordinates: 37°16′27″N 76°42′40″W / 37.27417°N 76.71111°W / 37.27417; -76.71111
Area less than one acre
Built 1956 (1956)
Architect Bernard Spigel
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 100001050[1]
Added to NRHP June 5, 2017

The First Baptist Church is a historic church at 727 Scotland Road in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is a brick Colonial Revival structure, built in 1956 to a design by Norfolk architect Bernard Spigel. It is of only two known church designs by Spigel. The congregation was founded in the 1770s as a non-denominational group of free and enslaved African-Americans, and became officially Baptist in 1781. Located for many years in a church on Nassau Street, it was relocated by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to its present location at the foundation's expense.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for First Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-19.


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