First Baptist Church, Parkersburg

Name: First Baptist Church
Address: 813 Market St, Parkersburg, 26101-4630, United States
Telephone: +1 304-485-6327

#14 among attractions in Parkersburg

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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. It has a central steeple on the front facade and several rear additions. It is topped by a gable roof trimmed by an arched corbel table and corner turret. This congregation was founded in 1817 and built their first church in 1837. First Baptist was built on that site. ()

Built: 1871 (153 years ago)Architectural style: Renaissance revivalCoordinates: 39°16'4"N, 81°33'25"W

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813 Market StParkersburg 26101-4630 United States

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+1 304-485-6327

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First Baptist Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Smoot Theatre, St. Francis Xavier Church, Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Smith Building.

~1190 ftSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Smoot Theatre, Parkersburg
6 min walk • The Smoot Theatre is a historic vaudeville house and movie theater located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1926, and is a brick and terra cotta building with a simple Classical style front. It features a Greek key cornice and a second story inset with four fluted columns in antis.
~1050 ftSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg
6 min walk • 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 is one of the four original churches of the Diocese of Wheeling. St. Xavier is also the oldest church building in Parkersburg.
~1220 ftW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg
6 min walk • Henry Logan Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at Ann & 6th Streets in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
0.4 miSW
City hall
Smith Building, Parkersburg
11 min walk • Smith Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
0.4 miW
Bridge
Parkersburg Bridge, Parkersburg
11 min walk • The Parkersburg Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Belpre, Ohio. Designed by Jacob Linville, the bridge has 46 spans: 25 deck plate girder, 14 deck truss, 6 through truss, and 1 through plate girder. 50,000 cubic yards of stone were used for the 53 piers.
0.4 miW
Bridge
Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Parkersburg
11 min walk • The Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge is a four-lane cantilever bridge that connects Parkersburg, West Virginia to Belpre, Ohio across the Ohio River. The bridge was completed in 1980. The bridge had been signed U.S.
~800 ftSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg
4 min walk • Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
0.8 miE
Greek Revival architecture
Oakland, Parkersburg
20 min walk • "Oakland," also known as the James M. Stephenson House, is a home located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Although a slaveholder and sympathizing with the Confederacy, Stephenson was also married to the sister of Unionist Arthur Boreman, and allowed then Union Army Col.
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Neighbourhood
Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg
6 min walk • 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.
0.4 miNE
Park
House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg
10 min walk • House at 10th and Avery Streets is a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built between about 1860 and 1879, and is a two-story, frame house in the Eastlake / Carpenter Gothic style.
0.4 miSW
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Wood County Courthouse, Parkersburg
11 min walk • The Wood County Courthouse is a public building in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, in the United States. The courthouse was built in 1899 at a cost of $100,000 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by local contractors Caldwell & Drake, according to the plans of architect L.

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Which popular attractions are close to First Baptist Church?

Nearby attractions include Oeldorf Building, Parkersburg (1 min walk), Parkersburg Women's Club, Parkersburg (3 min walk), First Presbyterian Church, Parkersburg (3 min walk), Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg (4 min walk).