View, First Baptist Church, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina

First Baptist Church (Wilmington, N.C.)

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Title:: View, First Baptist Church, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Church buildings
Original Format:: Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:: 8 x 10 inches
Item identifier:: SHPO-N-75-5-2090
Created Date:: 1975
Genre:: Architectural photographs
Location:: Wilmington (N.C.)
Digital Project:: Built Heritage

Repository:: North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
Collection:: State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) held by North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
Note field:: Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:: Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. For general information see their website (http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/).
Funding:: Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Architect:: Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 more info on Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884
Architect:: Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916 more info on Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916

Historical note:: The congregation purchased the lot for the new church in 1858 and sent the minister and a deacon to Richmond, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and other cities to see churches and consult architects. On April 18, 1859, the building committee recommended Sloan as architect to design a church in "Early English Gothic" with two towers, one high and one low. The minister of the First Baptist Church recorded the stages of the church's construction, such as: April 16, 1861, "Fort Sumter bombarded all night! .. . the windows on towers of our church raised to-day. So glad." July 30, 1861, "The doors and windows are being closed and the lumber piled" (quoted in Wrenn, Wilmington, 211-212). In 1996, the tall spire of First Baptist Church was toppled by Hurricane Fran, but it was rebuilt in 1998.
Location:: Wilmington (N.C.)
Subjects:: Church buildings
Historic buildings
Latitude, Longitude:: 34.235865, -77.944477