{"nrhp_refnum":"83001853","name":"First Baptist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 Old St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.054172609000034,"lon":-78.87959317299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Romanesque Revival church at 200 Old Street (corner of Anderson and Old streets) in downtown Fayetteville, built 1906-1910 on the site of the congregation's 1830s frame church, with later connected additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is one of only two remaining Romanesque Revival examples in Fayetteville's city center, alongside the 1890 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Passenger Depot. It also represents a congregation organized in 1837 that was influential in Baptist life and helped found many other area Baptist churches. Its first pastor, James McDaniel, was a noted preacher and Baptist State Convention president.","narrative":"Begun in 1906 and dedicated on 1 May 1910, this brick Baptist church in downtown Fayetteville replaced the congregation's 1830s frame building at Anderson and Old streets. Designed by S. W. Foulk and Son, it follows the Romanesque Revival style, with round-arched windows, bell-tower openings, corbeling, corner spirelets and extensive colored glass. Towers of unequal size flank the gable front. Later additions include the Burgess Building, a Sunday School added in 1926-28, an expansion and balcony in the 1940s, and Williamson Hall, a gymnasium and classroom wing built in the mid-1950s. The church is significant both for its architecture, one of only two remaining Romanesque Revival buildings in the city center, and for its congregation. Organized in 1837, the congregation was led first by James McDaniel, a respected preacher and longtime president of the Baptist State Convention. It helped establish many other Baptist churches in the Fayetteville area.","period_of_significance":"1906-1910","architect_builder":"S. W. Foulk & Son (architects, Fayetteville/Greensboro); J.C. Bragdon of Pittsburgh named on a period drawing","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Occupied by the First Baptist Church congregation, which uses the sanctuary and additions for worship, classrooms, a gymnasium and day care; condition marked good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.31423-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7175/47717591/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001853.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001853/2e11097a2e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001853/2e11097a2e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Gerry Dincher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Baptist_Church_-_Fayetteville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerry Dincher</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Baptist_Church_-_Fayetteville.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000779","name":"Fayetteville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/fayetteville-downtown-historic-district-99000779/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717591","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_(Fayetteville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452386"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/first-baptist-church-83001853/"}