203 S. Fourth St., Murray, Kentucky. County/parish: Calloway.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 19, 1986. NRIS 86000289.
1 contributing building.
The First Baptist Church in Murray, Kentucky is a historic Southern Baptist church at 203 S. Fourth Street. It was built in 1931-33 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
It is a large brick church with a 1600-seat auditorium. Orange and blue glazed brick was used in decorating its exterior.
The first church of the congregation was a frame church built in 1848 at cost of $440. Its second church was built in 1901 at cost of $5,500. The present church cost $130,000.
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