Liberty Baptist Church (Evansville, Indiana)
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Location | 701 Oak St., Evansville, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 37°58′8″N 87°33′51″W / 37.96889°N 87.56417°WCoordinates: 37°58′8″N 87°33′51″W / 37.96889°N 87.56417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1886 |
Architectural style | Gothic |
NRHP Reference # | 78000058[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 8, 1978 |
The Liberty Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at 701 Oak St. in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1865 as a congregation of former slaves, according to Historic Evansville.[2] The Gothic Revival red brick church was built in 1886, as a replacement after a cyclone destroyed an earlier building.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Liberty Baptist "Liberty Baptist: Liberty Baptist" Check
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value (help). Historic Evansville. - ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Rv. Robert L. Saunders (May 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Liberty Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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