First Baptist Church

Jct. of Elm and Sinclair Sts., West Baden Springs, Indiana. County/parish: Orange.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 28, 1994. NRIS 94000234.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Elm Street Baptist Church
  • Negro Baptist Church

From Wikipedia:

First Baptist Church (West Baden Springs, Indiana)

The First Baptist Church (also known as the Negro Baptist Church and the Elm Street Baptist Church) is a historic Baptist church located at Elm and Sinclair Sts. in West Baden Springs, Indiana. It was built in 1920, and is a one-story, rectangular, vernacular Late Gothic Revival style frame building. It features a square projecting belfry. At the time of its listing, the property was then vacant, and was owned by the West Baden Historical Society. It was deemed significant in the area of "Ethnic heritage: Black".: 5, 10 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004379

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