The First Baptist Church is a historic church on Arkansas Highway 159 South, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Eudora, Arkansas. The wood-frame church was built in 1900, and rebuilt in 1946 after sustaining significant storm damage. The building is clad in a combination of weatherboard and novelty siding, and is covered by a shingled cross-gable roof. It is topped by a short gable-roofed belltower. The front facade is symmetrically organized around the main entrance, with the door recessed in a projecting section with its own, lower, end gable. The double doors are flanked by three-over-one windows. The building is associated with the African-American community that developed in the area during the first half of the 20th century.[2]
First Baptist Church | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | AR 159 S, 1 mi. S of Eudora, Eudora, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°5′24″N 91°16′8″W / 33.09000°N 91.26889°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| MPS | Ethnic and Racial Minority Settlement of the Arkansas Delta MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000645[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 3, 1998 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for First Baptist Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-03-31.[permanent dead link]
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