First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a historic church located in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. The congregation was organized in 1843 by James and John Moses.Photo: BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Thursday: 8:30 AM—4:30 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM—12:30 PM - Email: info@fbcknox.org
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Baptist
- Description: historic church in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- Also known as: “First Baptist Church of Knoxville”
- Address: 510 West Main Street, 37902
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Knoxville City-County Building and Bijou Theatre.
Knoxville City-County Building
Government office
The Knoxville City-County Building is a building at 400 Main Street in Knoxville, Tennessee that houses the offices of the city government of Knoxville and the county government of Knox County, Tennessee. Knoxville City-County Building is situated 400 feet east of First Baptist Church.
Bijou Theatre
Theater building
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The Bijou Theatre is a theater located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1909 as an addition to the Lamar House Hotel, the theater has at various times served as performance venue for traditional theatre, vaudeville, a second-run moviehouse, a commencement stage for the city's African-American high school, and a pornographic movie theater. Bijou Theatre is situated 870 feet north of First Baptist Church.
Lawson McGhee Library
Library
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The Lawson McGhee Library is the main library of Knox County Public Library in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is located at 500 West Church Avenue in downtown Knoxville. It is currently the oldest, continuously operating public library in Tennessee. Lawson McGhee Library is situated 920 feet northwest of First Baptist Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Knoxville and Knoxville.
Downtown Knoxville
Neighborhood
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Downtown Knoxville is the downtown area of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It contains the city's central business district and primary city and county municipal offices.
Knoxville
Knoxville, in Knox County, is the third-largest city in Tennessee. It is the home of the University of Tennessee's primary campus and site of the 1982 World's Fair.
Old City
Quarter
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
The Old City is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located at the northeast corner of the city's downtown area. Originally part of a raucous and vice-ridden section of town known as "The Bowery," the Old City has since been revitalized through extensive redevelopment efforts carried out during the 1980s through the present.
First Baptist Church
- Categories: Protestant church building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Knox, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.96008° or 35° 57′ 36″ northLongitude
-83.91796° or 83° 55′ 5″ westElevation
909 feet (277 metres)Open location code
867RX36J+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 356870129OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=baptistGeoNames ID
4622261Wikidata ID
Q5452400
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