First Baptist Church (Newport News, Virginia)

Historic church in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

First Baptist Church-Newport News

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 119 29th St., Newport News, Virginia
Coordinates| 36°58′48″N 76°25′59″W﻿ / ﻿36.98000°N 76.43306°W﻿ / 36.98000; -76.43306
Area| Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built| 1903
Architect| R. H. Hunt
Architectural style| Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.| 00000774[1]
Added to NRHP| May 11, 2000

The First Baptist Church is a historic church building, now housing the non-denominational Dominion Outreach Worship Center, at 119 29th Street in Newport News, Virginia. Built in 1902, the church is a prominent local example of Romanesque Revival architecture executed in stone. It was designed by R.H. Hunt of Chattanooga. It is fronted by a three-arch recessed porch, flanked by a tower on the left whose upper stages have rounded corners, and is capped by a pyramidal roof with conical turrets at the corners. The congregation was organized in the 1880s, and occupied this site until the 1980s.[2][3] The congregation opened a suburban chapel in 1979. It operated on both sites for many years before closing the 29th Street church.[4]

The building, and the attached education building, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1] Since First Baptist left the building has been owned and occupied by a number of churches. In 2000 it was owned by Rehoboth Fellowship Church,[3] later it was occupied by Calvary Revival Church Peninsula, and in 2022 by Dominion Outreach Worship Center.

## See also[edit]

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport News, Virginia

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "NRHP nomination for First Baptist Church-Newport News" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
3. ^ a b Murphy, Cleveland Louis (March 27, 2000). First Baptist Church--Newport News National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Virginia, 1964 - 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
4. ^ "Our History | First Baptist Church Newport News". Retrieved 2020-07-14.

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