First Baptist Church (Eden, North Carolina)

First Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	538 Greenwood St., Eden, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°29′43″N 79°45′50″W / 36.49528°N 79.76389°WCoordinates: 36°29′43″N 79°45′50″W / 36.49528°N 79.76389°W
Area	4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built	1886, 1934, 1937
Architect	Hopper, J.M.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	89000178[1]
Added to NRHP	March 22, 1989

First Baptist Church, previously known as Leaksville Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church located at 538 Greenwood Street in Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1886, and is a Gothic Revival style brick church. It has a hipped roof with intersecting gables and Stick Style decoration in the gable ends. It features lancet windows and a wooden Gothic belfry with pointed steeple centered on the roof. Two Colonial Revival style additions were made to the church in 1934 and 1937.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Linda Harris Edmiston (September 1988). "First Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.