First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a church in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana. First Baptist Church is situated nearby to the quarter Midtown, as well as near the museum Michael Jackson Childhood Home.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Michael Jackson Childhood Home and Louis J. Bailey Branch Library.

Michael Jackson Childhood Home

Museum

Photo: Abi Skipp, CC BY 2.0.

The Michael Jackson Childhood Home, also known as the Jackson Family Home, is a historic house located at 2300 Jackson Street in Gary, Indiana, where American music artist Michael Jackson lived during his childhood, as well as his siblings and parents, members of the famous Jackson family. Michael Jackson Childhood Home is situated 1,600 feet south of First Baptist Church.

Louis J. Bailey Branch Library

Public building

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

The Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Gary, Indiana. It was built in 1918, and is a one-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is situated 2,800 feet northeast of First Baptist Church.

Lincoln Achievement Center

Gary Community School Corporation is a school district headquartered in Gary, Indiana. The school district includes the majority of Gary. Lincoln Achievement Center is situated 1,600 feet northwest of First Baptist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midtown and Pulaski.

Midtown

Quarter

Photo: Ianmacm, CC BY 3.0.

Midtown, also called Central, is a neighborhood in central Gary, Indiana. For many decades it was the only African-American neighborhood in the city. It is located south of Downtown West and north of Glen Park along Broadway, Gary's principal thoroughfare.

Pulaski

Quarter

Pulaski is a neighborhood in eastern Gary, Indiana. It is roughly triangular in shape, bounded on the south by the Borman Expressway, on the west by Maryland Street, and on the northeast by the Norfolk Southern railway.

Downtown West

Quarter

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Downtown West, is a neighborhood in north-central Gary, Indiana. Emerson and Downtown West combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary. It was part of the original plat built by the United States Steel Corporation.

First Baptist Church

Type: Church
Denomination: Baptist
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Calumet Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.58084° or 41° 34′ 51″ north

Longitude

-87.3453° or 87° 20′ 43″ west

Elevation

610 feet (186 metres)

Open location code

86HJHMJ3+8V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1180764909

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=baptist

GeoNames ID

4920255

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