St. John's Missionary Baptist Church

Historic church in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


St. John's Missionary Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


35°6′16″N 77°3′12″W / 35.10444°N 77.05333°W / 35.10444; -77.05333
Area	less than one acre
Built	1926
Architect	Perry, Mr.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Historic African American Churches in Craven County MPS
NRHP reference No.	97000575^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1997

St. John's Missionary Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church at 1130 Walt Bellamy Drive in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States.^[2] It was built in 1926, and is a rectangular brick church building on a raised basement in the Classical Revival style. It features a three-stage central entrance tower. It is believed to be the oldest black Baptist congregation in New Bern.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Coastal Carolina Regional Airport Map - North Carolina Map on Mapcarta".
^ M. Ruth Little (January 1997). "St. John's Missionary Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.