First Baptist Church (Williamsburg, Virginia)

The First Baptist Church is a historic church at 727 Scotland Road in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is a brick Colonial Revival structure, built in 1956 to a design by Norfolk architect Bernard Spigel. It is of only two known church designs by Spigel. The congregation was founded in the 1770s as a non-denominational group of free and enslaved African-Americans, and became officially Baptist in 1781. Located for many years in a church on Nassau Street, it was relocated by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to its present location at the foundation's expense.[2]

First Baptist Church
Location727 Scotland St.
Coordinates37°16′27″N 76°42′40″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1956 (1956)
ArchitectBernard Spigel
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.100001050[1]
Added to NRHPJune 5, 2017

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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