First African Missionary Baptist Church

The First African Missionary Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia, is a Romanesque Revival-style church built during 1904–1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

First African Missionary Baptist Church
Location515 Webster St., Bainbridge, Georgia
Coordinates30°54′15″N 84°34′29″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1904-1909
ArchitectThomas H. Bynes
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.01001535[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 2002

It is a brick church. It was designed by Thomas H. Bynes, a member of the congregation who was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, and is unusual as an "outstanding example of African-American church architecture in Georgia at the beginning of the 20th century", at a time when most churches founded and built by blacks were usually "plain, one-room frame structures, rectangular in shape with gable roofs" with "little or no ornamentation or architectural detailing."[2]:6–7

The interior has 12 curved rows of pews arranged in a semi-circle.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Steven Moffson (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First African Missionary Baptist Church". National Park Service. with 12 photos


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