St. Paul Baptist Church (Tarboro, North Carolina)

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St. Paul Baptist Church
St. Paul Baptist Church (Tarboro, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
St. Paul Baptist Church (Tarboro, North Carolina)
Location900 Lloyd Street, Tarboro, North Carolina
Coordinates35°58′41″N 77°31′54″W / 35.97806°N 77.53167°W / 35.97806; -77.53167Coordinates: 35°58′41″N 77°31′54″W / 35.97806°N 77.53167°W / 35.97806; -77.53167
Arealess than one acre
Built1871 (1871)
MPSTarboro MRA
NRHP reference No.80002831[1]
Added to NRHPApril 2, 1980

St. Paul Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Lloyd St and Edmondson Avenue in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.[2] The church was built in 1871, and is a one-story, irregularly massed frame building with multiple gabled wings, and a corner tower. It is sheathed in weatherboard with abundant wooden decoration. The interior features a large open sanctuary with a dome and oculus above. It was moved from its original Main Street site to the present location about 1926.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "St. Paul Baptist Church (Tarboro, North Carolina) Map on MapQuest".
  3. ^ unknown (n.d.). "St. Paul Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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