{"nrhp_refnum":"72000397","name":"First Baptist Church of Augusta","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Greene and 8th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.47276076300005,"lon":-81.96735317299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Beaux-Arts style Baptist church at the southwest corner of Greene and Eighth Streets in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, completed in 1903 on a site used by the congregation since 1820.","why_significant":"It is described as the major Augusta example of Beaux-Arts Classicism, designed by Atlanta architect Willis Franklin Denny, and it has stained glass windows, two inscribed Tiffany Studios, New York. The site was also the 1845 birthplace of the Southern Baptist Convention, and the church is one of the monumental buildings along park-like Greene Street.","narrative":"Rising on the landscaped Greene Street parkway in downtown Augusta, this Baptist church was completed in 1903 to designs by Atlanta architect Willis Franklin Denny. It replaced an 1820 Classical Revival church on the same site. The Beaux-Arts building has a pedimented portico with six modified Corinthian columns, a Palladian window in the pediment, a denticulated and modillioned entablature, and a low Palladian dome. Large stained glass windows of cathedral proportions include two inscribed Tiffany Studios, New York. Educational buildings were added at the rear and side before 1920 and in 1940. The congregation traces its origin to a Baptist Praying Society organized in 1817, and in 1845 delegates from several Southern states met at the site, leading to the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention. The building is considered the major Augusta example of Beaux-Arts Classicism and contributes to the monumental character of Greene Street. It remains largely as built and in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":"1820, 1845, 1902-03","architect_builder":"Willis Franklin Denny (architect)","architectural_style":"Beaux-Arts Classicism","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied for religious use; educational buildings were added before 1920 and in 1940.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.13987-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000397.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000397/4eb714b498-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000397/4eb714b498-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Sir Mildred Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augusta_Georgia_First_Baptist_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sir Mildred Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augusta_Georgia_First_Baptist_Church.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000515","name":"Augusta Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/augusta-downtown-historic-district-04000515/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209361","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_(Augusta,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452359"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/first-baptist-church-of-augusta-72000397/"}