St. Paul Baptist Church (Tarboro, North Carolina)

St. Paul Baptist Church
Location 900 Lloyd Street, Tarboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°58′41″N 77°31′54″W / 35.97806°N 77.53167°W / 35.97806; -77.53167Coordinates: 35°58′41″N 77°31′54″W / 35.97806°N 77.53167°W / 35.97806; -77.53167
Area less than one acre
Built 1871 (1871)
MPS Tarboro MRA
NRHP Reference # 80002831[1]
Added to NRHP April 2, 1980

St. Paul Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Lloyd St and Edmondson Avenue in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The church was built in 1871, and is a one-story, irregularly massed frame building with multiple gabled wings, and a corner tower. It is sheathed in weatherboard with abundant wooden decoration. The interior features a large open sanctuary with a dome and oculus above. It was moved from its original Main Street site to the present location about 1926.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "St. Paul Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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