{"nrhp_refnum":"12000376","name":"Shiloh Baptist Church","other_names":["Siloam Baptist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3552 7th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sacramento","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.54436000000004,"lon":-121.46837999999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Shiloh Baptist Church is a Mid-Century Modern church building at 3552 7th Avenue (accessed from 9th Avenue) in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California. Construction began in 1958 and was completed in 1963 to designs by architect James C. Dodd.","why_significant":"The church is significant under Criteria A and C at the local level. It is tied to the relocation of Sacramento's African American community during the city's redevelopment era. It is also an early, defining Mid-Century Modern work by James C. Dodd, Sacramento's first licensed African American architect, and it was largely built by its pastor and congregation.","narrative":"Shiloh Baptist Church, at 3552 7th Avenue in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood, was built between 1958 and 1963 from designs by architect James C. Dodd. Its square sanctuary is turned 45 degrees to the street, so it reads as a diamond, beneath an angled roof with a clerestory, a portico, and a lighted cross on a steel tower. Walls are stucco with redwood accents, and stained glass marks the front. The congregation, formed in 1856 as Siloam Baptist, moved from downtown Sacramento as redevelopment displaced it. Pastor Willie P. Cooke and members did most of the construction work. The church is recognized for its role in the history of Sacramento's African American community and as an early Mid-Century Modern design by Dodd, the city's first licensed African American architect. A later garage and Anderson Hall on the lot do not contribute to its significance.","period_of_significance":"1958-1963","architect_builder":"Dodd, James C., Architect; Cooke, Reverend Willie P., Builder; Warner, Joseph, Contractor/Builder","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Mid-Century Modernism","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a church; the form says the building retains a very high degree of historic integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.419948-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/12000376.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000376/e7a975bc80-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000376/e7a975bc80-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Oscarmostofi","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shiloh_Baptist_Church,_Sacramento,_Caifornia_By_Oscar_Mostofi.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscarmostofi</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shiloh_Baptist_Church,_Sacramento,_Caifornia_By_Oscar_Mostofi.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860664","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh_Baptist_Church_(Sacramento,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126203884"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/shiloh-baptist-church-12000376/"}