Springfield Baptist Church (Greensboro, Georgia)

Springfield Baptist Church
Location Canaan Circle, Greensboro, Georgia
Coordinates 33°34′39″N 83°10′41″W / 33.57750°N 83.17806°W / 33.57750; -83.17806 (Springfield Baptist Church)Coordinates: 33°34′39″N 83°10′41″W / 33.57750°N 83.17806°W / 33.57750; -83.17806 (Springfield Baptist Church)
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1907 (1907)
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
MPS Greensboro MRA
NRHP reference # 87001451[1]
Added to NRHP September 9, 1987

The Springfield Baptist Church, on Canaan Circle in Greensboro, Georgia, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

It has rectangular towers at its front two corners.[2]

It is a primarily black church formed as an 1864 split off the First Baptist Church of Greensboro, which continued as a whites-only church, after the American Civil War. It was the first black Baptist church in Greensboro.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Historic Resources of Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia: Springfield Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved June 19, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1986
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