First African Missionary Baptist Church

The First African Missionary Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia, is a Romanesque Revival-style church built during 1904–1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

First African Missionary Baptist Church
First African Missionary Baptist Church is located in Georgia
First African Missionary Baptist Church
First African Missionary Baptist Church is located in the United States
First African Missionary Baptist Church
Location515 Webster St., Bainbridge, Georgia
Coordinates30°54′15″N 84°34′29″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1904-1909
ArchitectThomas H. Bynes
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.01001535[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 2002
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It is a brick church. It was designed by Thomas H. Bynes, a member of the congregation who was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, and is unusual as an "outstanding example of African-American church architecture in Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century", at a time when most churches founded and built by blacks were usually "plain, one-room frame structures, rectangular in shape with gable roofs" with "little or no ornamentation or architectural detailing."[2]: 6–7 

The interior has 12 curved rows of pews arranged in a semi-circle.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Steven Moffson (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First African Missionary Baptist Church". National Park Service. with 12 photos


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