112 12th St., Augusta, Georgia. County/parish: Richmond.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 17, 1982. NRIS 82002461.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Springfield Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Augusta, Georgia was built in 1801 and is a significant historical building for its architecture, religious history, and African American heritage. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA.
It was built in the architectural style of a New England meetinghouse, which is rare in Georgia. It is the oldest church building extant in Augusta and is claimed to be one of the oldest Black congregations in the U.S. The 1801, Springfield Baptist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Richmond County, Georgia in 1982, and the boundary of the National Register of Historic Places-listed site was increased in 1990.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209407