Macedonia Baptist Church - Holden, LA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Beautiful simple rural church. Located WAY out in forested area, really in the middle of nowhere. I have been to church twice, and it is so simple it draws you to the building. On my visit, there was 2 very nice ladies cleaning the church sanctuary. They allowed me full access inside and out and they thrive on visitors wanting to visit their church. Services help every Sunday and Wedensday. They said, if I remember correct, about 45 members in congregation.
Simple building. Plain wood floors, simple wooden pews just a small pulpit on a small raised platform. An old upright electric organ. Simplicity. I could find no info on internet, other than the small 1 page application for the National Register. Here .
The Macedonia Baptist Church is significant in the area of architecture as an almost perfectly preserved typical example of a late-nineteenth century frame country church and represents therefore a local unpretentious building tradition. It is also very probably the oldest structure in the vicinity of the town of Holden. The Macedonia Baptist Church is the oldest Baptist church building in Livingston Parish. Constructed in 1898, it is a good example of what a typical, rural Louisiana church was like. The Macedonia Baptist Church was organized in May, 1856 in a grove under a magnolia tree. Church was held at the homes of different members until the congregation shared a building with the Methodists. However, this arrangement did not work out very well. According to an early history of the church, the Methodists "drove" the Baptists out. The congregation then proceeded to build their first church house, which was a log structure valued at $50. It was followed in 1871 by a board house valued at $500. The present structure the congregation's third church house, was completed in 1898 and is still used for church services.

Street address: Hwy. 1036 3 miles north on La. 1036 from La. 442 Holden, LA USA 70744 County / Borough / Parish: Livingston Year listed: 1980 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1875-1899 Historic function: Religion. Sub - Religious Structure Current function: Religion. Sub - Religious Structure Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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