First Baptist Church of Denver

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First Baptist Church of Denver
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First Baptist Church of Denver is located in Colorado
First Baptist Church of Denver
Location230 E. 14th Av.--1373 Grant St., Denver, Colorado
Coordinates39°44′18″N 104°59′1″W / 39.73833°N 104.98361°W / 39.73833; -104.98361Coordinates: 39°44′18″N 104°59′1″W / 39.73833°N 104.98361°W / 39.73833; -104.98361
AreaLess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)[2]
ArchitectG Meridith Musick
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival[2]
NRHP reference No.05001088[1]
CSRHP No.5DV.803
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 2005

First Baptist Church of Denver is an historic church at 230 E. 14th Avenue-1373 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado. First Baptist Church of Denver ("FBCD") was formally organized in 1864, six years after the city's founding.

After serving its community in several places in Denver's downtown, its congregation's current building is located at the intersection of 14th Avenue and Grant Street, directly across from the south steps of the Colorado State Capitol. The church was designed by well-known and prolific Denver architect, G Meredith Musick, who designed the church in the Georgian architectural style.[3][4] The construction of the church took place between 1935 and 1938 and it was added to the National Register in 2005.[2]

The church's mission is to be "a center of activity for Capitol Hill where people of all walks of life and systems of belief can experience conversations rooted in hope and filled with a passion to serve the needs of the broader community".[5]

Reflective of FBCD's historic involvement in social justice, the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. preached from FBCD's pulpit on April 16, 1962.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Colorado State Register listings by county". History Colorado. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Audio Tours". Denver Architecture Foundation. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  4. ^ "G. Meredith Musick". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  5. ^ a b "First Baptist of Denver - About". www.rethinkbaptist.org. Retrieved 2021-06-08.

External links[]

First Baptist Church of Denver website


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