First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1839. The church has been considered influential amongst moderate Baptists throughout the southern United States since its founding.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Baptist
- Description: historic church in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Circuit Playhouse.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Museum
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is situated 4,000 feet west of First Baptist Church.
Circuit Playhouse
Theater building
Circuit Playhouse is a theater building, which is situated 3,500 feet southwest of First Baptist Church.
Playhouse on the Square
Theater building
Playhouse on the Square is a regional theatre company located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is owned by Circuit Playhouse, Inc, which operates two other Memphis theaters. Playhouse on the Square is situated 3,400 feet southwest of First Baptist Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Binghampton and Lenox.
Binghampton
Quarter
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Binghampton is a neighborhood on an edge of Midtown in Memphis, Tennessee. It is named after W. H. Bingham, an Irish immigrant, hotelier, planter, magistrate, politician, and entrepreneur who founded a town to the east and slightly north of the Memphis city limits in 1893.
Lenox
Hamlet
Lenox is a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. It is bounded by Central Avenue in the south, Union Avenue in the north, Cooper Street in the west and East Parkway South in the east.
Midtown
Suburb
Midtown is a collection of neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee, to the east of Downtown. Midtown is home to many cultural attractions, institutions of higher education, and noteworthy pieces of architecture.
First Baptist Church
- Categories: Protestant church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.141° or 35° 8′ 28″ northLongitude
-89.98179° or 89° 58′ 54″ westElevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
867G42R9+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 728173409OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=baptist
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In Other Languages
“First Baptist Church” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ファースト・バプテスト教会”
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