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{{short description|Historic church in North Carolina, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = First Baptist Church
| nrhp_type =
| image = First Baptist Church site in High Point.jpg
| caption = Site of the church
| location = 701 E. Washington Dr.,<br/>[[High Point, North Carolina]]
| coordinates = {{coord|35|57|41|N|79|59|59|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = North Carolina#USA
| built = 1907
| architect =
| architecture = Late Gothic Revival
| added = January 8, 2009
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 08001289<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
'''First Baptist Church''' was a historic African-American [[Baptist]] [[Church (building)|church]] located in [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point]], [[Guilford County, North Carolina]].  The [[Gothic Revival architecture|Late Gothic Revival]] style brick church was built in 1907. It was significantly remodeled, enlarged, and a new facade added in the early-1950s.<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | author=Beth Keane| title= First Baptist Church | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =July 2008| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/GF0550.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-11-01}}</ref>  The church was slated for demolition in September 2013 and was demolished in September 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/article/297557/57/Historic-High-Point-Church-To-Be-Demolished |title="First Baptist Church Cathedral In High Point To Be Demolished," The Associated Press, Sep 5, 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213142613/http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/article/297557/57/Historic-High-Point-Church-To-Be-Demolished |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Nancy |title=History in the breaking: High Point's First Baptist is demolished |url=http://www.greensboro.com/blogs/mclaughlin_faith_matters/history-in-the-breaking-high-point-s-first-baptist-is/article_a392c581-66ea-5806-98ba-78440d0096d1.html |accessdate=February 2, 2016 |work=[[News & Record]] |date=September 30, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607213953/https://greensboro.com/blogs/mclaughlin_faith_matters/history-in-the-breaking-high-point-s-first-baptist-is/article_a392c581-66ea-5806-98ba-78440d0096d1.html |archivedate=June 7, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2009.<ref name=nris/>
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina}}
[[Category:African-American churches in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Baptist churches in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Churches in High Point, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1907]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Guilford County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 2015]]
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