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The old First Baptist Church, founded in 1884, was a church building that was located on East Wade Street at Northeast 2nd Street in Trenton, Gilchrist County, Florida. It was built with a raised main floor so that its basement could have full size, above ground, windows. The church plant has been expanded behind it to the north and to the east.
The First Baptist Meetinghouse, also known as the First Baptist Church in America is the oldest Baptist church congregation in the United States. The Church was founded in 1638 by Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island. The present church building was erected between 1774 and 1775 and held its first meetings in May 1775.
The first organizers of the First Baptist Church met in 1801 at the U.S. Treasury Building. The first Building Committee was very successful: In June 1802 minutes of a meeting…tell [citation needed] of the purchase of a lot 75 feet by 37 feet for $225.00. By the fall of 1802, a brick church 42 feet by 32 feet had been completed and dedicated.
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First Baptist Church (Augusta, Georgia), a former Baptist church and historic site listed on the NRHP in Richmond County; First Baptist Church (Columbus, Georgia), part of Church Square which is listed on the NRHP in Muscogee County; First Baptist Church (Panama City, Florida), megachurch in Bay County; First Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia)
In 1927, First Baptist built a new, larger building on Cleveland Street, which is the current church building. [1] The new Neoclassical building was designed by the architect Reuben H. Hunt. [2] [3] The old First Baptist Church building. First Baptist is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention. [4] In 1998, Rev. Andy Davis, a graduate of ...
The second building, constructed in 1897, was located at 727 South Flower Street, and Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) attended its dedication. [2] [3] Billy Sunday (1862–1935) preached there in 1913. [2] In 1927, a new church building, the current church, was designed by Allison & Allison in the Spanish Gothic style. [2]
It is one of the oldest Baptist congregations in the American South. The church congregation was originally organized in Kittery, Maine (then part of Massachusetts) under the guidance of the First Baptist Church of Boston. In 1696 twenty-six congregants followed Pastor Screven and moved to Charleston after being pressured by the New England ...