First Baptist Church, Lauderdale

	First Colored Baptist Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	682 S. Lauderdale St., Memphis, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°7′43″N 90°2′37″W / 35.12861°N 90.04361°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1939
Built by	Scott, Samuel F.; Davis, Edgar H.
Architect	Thomas O. Fuller
Architectural style	vernacular Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	00000807
Added to NRHP	July 14, 2000

The First Colored Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, also known as First Baptist Church—Lauderdale, was built in 1939 in a vernacular Colonial Revival style, with design attributed to Rev. Thomas O. Fuller.^[2]

It is a rectangular brick building with brick laid in common bond. It has a limestone fence separating its parking area from the street, which is a c.1890 fence from the former Second Empire-styled Sanford house on the property.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[1] It was deemed significant for its association with Thomas Oscar Fuller (1867-).^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Carroll Van West and Jen Stoecker (March 9, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First Colored Baptist Church / First Baptist Church-Lauderdale". National Park Service. Retrieved January 29, 2017. with 38 photos

External links

First Baptist Church, Lauderdale, official site

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] Carroll Van West and Jen Stoecker (March 9, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First Colored Baptist Church / First Baptist Church-Lauderdale". National Park Service. Retrieved January 29, 2017. with 38 photos

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