Eastern Star Baptist Church

Eastern Star Baptist Church was a historic Baptist church located at Church and Wagner Streets in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The church was built about 1875, and was a one-story, Carpenter Gothic style building. It was built by a Presbyterian congregation, then moved to its final location and used by the African-American Eastern Star Baptist Church starting in 1906.[2] It has been demolished.

Eastern Star Baptist Church
LocationChurch and Wagner Sts., Tarboro, North Carolina
Coordinates35°53′36″N 77°31′50″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1875 (1875)
Architectural styleGothic, Carpenter Gothic
MPSTarboro MRA
NRHP reference No.80002827[1]
Added to NRHPApril 2, 1980

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Eastern Star Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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