First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 813 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, three by six-bay, brick church in the Italianate style, which was popular at the time.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Baptist
- Description: historic church in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Francis Xavier Church and Carnegie Library.
St. Francis Xavier Church
Church
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
St. Francis Xavier Church is a historic church at 532 Market Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This church was built in 1869 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. St. Francis Xavier Church is situated 1,000 feet southwest of First Baptist Church.
Carnegie Library
Library
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Parkersburg Carnegie Library is a historic library building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was designed and built in 1905, with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie Library is situated 880 feet south of First Baptist Church.
Bethel AME Church
Church
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Bethel AME Church is situated 800 feet southeast of First Baptist Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Julia-Ann Square Historic District and Parkersburg.
Julia-Ann Square Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Jstewall, Public domain.
The Julia-Ann Square Historic District, is a national historic district located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It is to the west of the Avery Street Historic District.
Parkersburg
Parkersburg is a city of 30,000 people in West Virginia. It was known as "Newport" when it was founded, later to be renamed Parkersburg in 1810. The city sits where the Little Kanawha River meets the Ohio river; the town of Belpre lies just across the river in Ohio.
Newport
Neighborhood
Newport is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.
First Baptist Church
- Categories: Protestant church building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wood County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.26789° or 39° 16′ 4″ northLongitude
-81.55689° or 81° 33′ 25″ westElevation
643 feet (196 metres)Open location code
86FW7C9V+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 356526015OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=baptistGeoNames ID
4805851Wikidata ID
Q5452421
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