Old First Baptist Church

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1867-8	New church is built
1922	First baptist moves to new church, becomes bnai moshe synagogue
	behtany apostolic
1998	Building is razed

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68 First Baptist Church Baptist Corner 3rd and Cherry Streets 1868 - 1909 70 First Baptist Church Baptist 101 Upper 3rd Street 1910 In 1867, First Baptist Church moved from its original site to this building at 3rd and Cherry. It was dedicated March 18, 1868.

First Baptist builds a mission sunday school in rowleytown 1876 (old bapt?) Later builds fairview school (eventually east side baptist) and forest hills (forest hills baptist)

First Baptist moves to its current building in 1922. Bnai Moshe moves into the building 1/1/22 and remodeled as a synagogue

1947 Church of God buys building >1966 church of god parish

later bethany/bethel apostolic (now at new site on mulberry bethany pentecostal temple

The building was bought by Welborn in 1989 with the intention of razing it. Preservationists tried to save the building, but, after no one could raise the funds to restore it, it was destroyed c1998. http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=854703 http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=854219

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