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Old First Baptist Church, Fourth & Washington Streets, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

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Summary

See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district & fieldnotes.

Significance: The first church congregation organized in 1878 on the town site; the first congregation to build a church edifice of sod blocks. One of the few sites within the village proper which illustrates the evolution of building types from dugout, sod structure, limestone structure with gable roofs and eventually stuccoed, to new brick sanctuary built in 1975. (All sanctuaries built by ex-slaves and/or local residents.) The largest and most enduring congregation existing on the town site since 1878. Congregation still utilizing the 1907 church building as a fellowship hall. Excluding the 1939 Township Hall, the 1907 church structure is the largest single building on town site.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6

Survey number: HABS KS-49-K

Building/structure dates: 1907 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: after. 1920- before. 1929 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: ca. 1949 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: ca. 1960 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000820

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baptist churches social and civic facilities stone buildings limestone religious services community service african americans nicodemus baptist church old first baptist church washington streets graham graham county kansas baptist church interior protestant churches images black history month black history month andrew alexander william j belleau j keith everett everett l fly la barbara wigfall fly clayton b fraser kenneth m hamilton kansas harness and ellis historic american buildings survey richard w mcnamara ruth k parr marion l prucha deteel patterson tiller photo ultra high resolution high resolution historic american engineering record historic american landscapes survey architecture american architecture church architecture building church buildings library of congress national register of historic places
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1960
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Alexander, Andrew
Harness & Ellis, Kansas
Hamilton, Kenneth M, field team
Parr, Ruth K, field team
Prucha, Marion L, field team
McNamara, Richard W, field team
Everett, J Keith, project manager
Tiller, deTeel Patterson, project manager
Fraser, Clayton B, photographer
Belleau, William J, photographer
Fly, La Barbara Wigfall, historian
Fly, Everett L, delineator
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Nicodemus ,  39.39312, -99.61718
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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baptist churches social and civic facilities stone buildings limestone religious services community service african americans nicodemus baptist church old first baptist church washington streets graham graham county kansas baptist church interior protestant churches images black history month black history month andrew alexander william j belleau j keith everett everett l fly la barbara wigfall fly clayton b fraser kenneth m hamilton kansas harness and ellis historic american buildings survey richard w mcnamara ruth k parr marion l prucha deteel patterson tiller photo ultra high resolution high resolution historic american engineering record historic american landscapes survey architecture american architecture church architecture building church buildings library of congress national register of historic places