First Baptist Church
Posted by: 
Don.Morfe
N 35° 20.070 W 081° 52.104
17S E 421079 N 3910484
Organized as Cool Springs Baptist Church in John Bostick home in 1848-met there until 1855, about 500 feet west.
Waymark Code: WM127EG
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2020
Views: 1
First Baptist Church-Organized as Cool Springs Baptist Church in John Bostick home in 1848-met there until 1855, about 500 feet west. First log Meeting House and Cemetery on Vance Street, 1855-1867. Second church house located in present Cool Springs Cemetery, 1867-1889. Church deeded cemetery to town of Forest City in 1938. Third church house (Forest City Baptist) was located on this site and was first brick building in Forest City, 1889-1915. Served as public school 1915-1922. Site of parsonage 1923-1985. Fourth and present church erected in 1915. Alexander Memorial Educational Building, 1927. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1989.
Location: Marker is at the intersection of W. Main Street and S. Church Street, on the left when traveling west on W. Main Street.
Forest City NC 28043,
Marker Name: First Baptist Church
Marker Type: City
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Required Waymark Photo: yes
Related Web Link: Not listed
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