632 W Main St

From the National Register nomination

104-0376 Other DHR Id #: 104-0213-0085 Primary Resource Information: Church, Stories 1.00, Style: Late Victorian, ca 1877 Listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places, the corner stone for the First Baptist Church was laid in 1877 and completed in 1883. The rectangular 3-bay brick building is an excellent example of the Romanesque Revival style and features a projecting brick square entrance tower topped by an octagonal wooden lantern on a square base. The main entry is at the base of the tower through paneled double-leaf doors with a segmental-arched lintel. Matching projecting brick towers stand at the facade corners and rise slightly above the roof eaves. The gabled roof is clad in asphalt shingles. The 6-bay sides of the brick building are articulated into bays by projecting piers that also serve to buttress the high walls, and contain double-hung, round-arched stained-glass windows and a corbelled brick cornice. The rear of the building has a hip-roofed rectangular apse with a taller gable-roofed projecting. A corbelled brick water table separates the basement level from the main floor. The basement level windows contain square headed 6/9-sash windows. Individual Resource Status: Church Contributing Total: 1