Second Baptist Church (Bloomington, Indiana)

Second Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church, September 2010
Location 321 N. Rogers St., Bloomington, Indiana
Coordinates 39°10′9″N 86°32′20″W / 39.16917°N 86.53889°W / 39.16917; -86.53889Coordinates: 39°10′9″N 86°32′20″W / 39.16917°N 86.53889°W / 39.16917; -86.53889
Area 0 acres (0 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)
Architect Plato, Samuel
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 95001108[1]
Added to NRHP September 14, 1995

Second Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was designed by noted African-American architect Samuel Plato and built in 1913. It is a one-story, "L"-plan, Romanesque Revival style stone building on a raised basement. It features broad round arched openings, a two-story bell tower, lancet windows, and oculus tracery.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the Bloomington West Side Historic District.

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Kathleen S. Branigan (December 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Second Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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