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Mt. Tabor Baptist Church

Coordinates: 37°48′6.5″N 80°26′50″W / 37.801806°N 80.44722°W / 37.801806; -80.44722
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Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Front of the church
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church is located in West Virginia
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church is located in the United States
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
LocationCourt and Foster Sts., Lewisburg, West Virginia
Coordinates37°48′6.5″N 80°26′50″W / 37.801806°N 80.44722°W / 37.801806; -80.44722
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1832
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.76001934[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976

Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, also known as Big Levels Baptist Church, Lewisburg Baptist Church, and Mount Tabor Church, is a historic Baptist church at Court and Foster Streets in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1832, and is a 1+12-story, brick meeting house building with Gothic style design elements. It measures 36 feet long by 40 feet wide and sits on a thick limestone foundation. It features a 10 feet by 16 feet frame tower, topped with an octagonal cap and belfry.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ C.E. Turley and James E. Harding (June 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Tabor Baptist Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-02.