First Baptist Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)

	First Baptist Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Front of the church
Location	813 Market St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°16′4″N 81°33′24″W / 39.26778°N 81.55667°W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1871
Architect	Lysander Dudley
Architectural style	Italianate
Part of	Avery Street Historic District (ID86000849)
MPS	Downtown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001774
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1982

First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 813 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, three by six-bay, brick church in the Italianate style, which was popular at the time. It has a central steeple on the front facade and several rear additions. It is topped by a gable roof trimmed by an arched corbel table and corner turret.^[2] This congregation was founded in 1817 and built their first church in 1837. First Baptist was built on that site.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,^[1] and it is a contributing property to the Avery Street Historic District, which was designated and listed on the National Register in 1986.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Eliza Smith and Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: First Baptist Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
^ Michael J. Pauley (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Avery Street Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. p. 35. Retrieved 2012-11-04.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[dhr-2] Eliza Smith and Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: First Baptist Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.

[3] Michael J. Pauley (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Avery Street Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. p. 35. Retrieved 2012-11-04.

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