National Register of Historic Places

First African Missionary Baptist Church

Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia
Listed
January 28, 2002
Type
Building
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
01001535

About this property

The First African Missionary Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia, is a Romanesque Revival-style church built during 1904–1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It is a brick church. It was designed by Thomas H. Bynes, a member of the congregation who was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, and is unusual as an "outstanding example of African-American church architecture in Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century", at a time when most churches founded and built by blacks were usually "plain, one-room frame structures, rectangular in shape with gable roofs" with "little or no ornamentation or architectural detailing." The interior has 12 curved rows of pews arranged in a semi-circle.

Location

515 Webster St.
Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia
30.90437, -84.57454

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Bainbridge Residential Historic District
Listed
0.1 mi
Bainbridge Commercial Historic District
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0.2 mi
Callahan, J. W., House
Industrial
0.2 mi
Decatur County Courthouse
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0.2 mi
Curry Hill Plantation
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6.3 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Fowltown (First Seminole War)
1817Early Republic
10.7 mi

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When was First African Missionary Baptist Church listed on the National Register?

First African Missionary Baptist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 2002.

What type of historic resource is First African Missionary Baptist Church?

First African Missionary Baptist Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for First African Missionary Baptist Church is recorded as the colonial era.

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