First Baptist Church of Boulder
First Baptist Church of Boulder | |
 Church in 2009 | |
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| Location | 1237 Pine St., Boulder, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 40°01′13″N 105°16′45″W / 40.02028°N 105.27917°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1925-26 |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000275[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 14, 2004 |
The First Baptist Church of Boulder, at 1237 Pine St. in Boulder, Colorado, was built in 1925-26. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] It is a brick L-shaped building "central three-story square tower is located at the inside corner of the "L" and has the pointed arch main entrance with heavy, paneled, glazed, wooden, double doors. The tower is topped with a pre-cast concrete belfry with such ornate details as a crenellated parapet, quatrefoils, corner piers, and large lancet openings with smaller lancet shapes in the tracery."[2]
It was deemed significant as "excellent example of the Late Gothic Revival style. Exhibiting all of the elements of this early 20th century style in its square tower, decorative quatrefoils, pointed-arch windows and doors, and buttresses,[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Paul M. Leef; Patricia McNally-Leef; C. Geddes (November 21, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First Baptist Church of Boulder / 5BL.6271". National Park Service. Retrieved June 14, 2021. With accompanying 24 photos from 2003
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