First Baptist Church (Norfolk, Virginia)

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412 E Bute St, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA

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N36° 51' 9" W76° 17' 4"   (36.8525, -76.284444444444) Start navigation »

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First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was designed by architect R. H. Hunt and dedicated in 1906. It is a Romanesque Revival-style church with a richly ornamented facade of rough-faced, pink granite ashlar and limestone trim. It features a tall, eight-level corner tower with a multiplicity of window types and a shorter flanking tower at the opposite corner.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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