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First Baptist Church (Lexington, Virginia)

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and spire. The interior consists of a barrel-vaulted auditorium with a gallery on turned posts and the basement has classroom and meeting spaces. Historically First Baptist played a central role in the life of Lexington's African-American community.
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style. It has a front gable roof, round and lancet-arch stained glass windows, and towers at its two front corners. The right hand tower has a
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This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Virginia is a
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property in Lexington, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places
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E.N. Bogher, R. Jones, Irk Poindexter, the Moores, Carl Barckhoff
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First Baptist Church (Lexington, Virginia) is located in Virginia
First Baptist Church (Lexington, Virginia) is located in the United States
Lexington
Virginia
37°47′10″N 79°26′26″W / 37.78611°N 79.44056°W / 37.78611; -79.44056
06000757
Baptist
church
Lexington
Virginia
United States
limestone
Gothic Revival
belfry
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Virginia Landmarks Register"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Baptist Church-Lexington"
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