First Baptist Church-Newport News
Front and eastern side
First Baptist Church (Newport News, Virginia) is located in Virginia
First Baptist Church (Newport News, Virginia)
First Baptist Church (Newport News, Virginia) is located in the United States
First Baptist Church (Newport News, Virginia)
Location119 29th St., Newport News, Virginia
Coordinates36°58′48″N 76°25′59″W / 36.98000°N 76.43306°W / 36.98000; -76.43306
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1903
ArchitectR. H. Hunt
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.00000774[1]
Added to NRHPMay 11, 2000

The First Baptist Church is a historic church building, now housing the non-denominational Dominion Outreach Worship Center, at 119 29th Street in Newport News, Virginia. Built in 1902, the church is a prominent local example of Romanesque Revival architecture executed in stone. It was designed by R.H. Hunt of Chattanooga. It is fronted by a three-arch recessed porch, flanked by a tower on the left whose upper stages have rounded corners, and is capped by a pyramidal roof with conical turrets at the corners. The congregation was organized in the 1880s, and occupied this site until the 1980s.[2][3] The congregation opened a suburban chapel in 1979. It operated on both sites for many years before closing the 29th Street church.[4]

The building, and the attached education building, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1] Since First Baptist left the building has been owned and occupied by a number of churches. In 2000 it was owned by Rehoboth Fellowship Church,[3] later it was occupied by Calvary Revival Church Peninsula, and in 2022 by Dominion Outreach Worship Center.

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for First Baptist Church-Newport News" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  3. 1 2 Murphy, Cleveland Louis (March 27, 2000). First Baptist Church--Newport News National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Virginia, 1964 - 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Our History | First Baptist Church Newport News". Retrieved 2020-07-14.

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