First Baptist Church of Boca Grande, Gothic Revival church in Boca Grande, Florida.
First Baptist Church of Boca Grande is a Carpenter Gothic church at 421 4th Street West, completed in 1915. The wooden building has a bell tower and vertical board detailing, and was expanded in 1918 with Sunday school classrooms.
The congregation began meeting outdoors twice a month in 1909, served by circuit-riding preachers. A building committee formed in 1911–1912, and construction was paid for by a loan from Florida Southern Baptist ministries plus donations from members. The Carpenter Gothic church was completed in 1915, Sunday school classrooms were added in 1918, and a rectory followed in 1934. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, the year of its centennial.
The congregation began in 1909 meeting outdoors twice a month, with circuit-riding preachers leading services. A building committee formed in 1911-1912, and construction was paid for by a loan from Florida Southern Baptist ministries plus donations from members. The Carpenter Gothic church was finished in 1915, and the congregation marked its 100th birthday in 2009.
The church stands at 421 4th Street West on Gasparilla Island, in Boca Grande, Lee County. It is an active Southern Baptist congregation, so visits fit best outside worship times; the building was listed on the National Register in 2009.
The church's 1915 Carpenter Gothic building was expanded in 1918 with Sunday school classrooms, and a rectory followed in 1934; the congregation marked its centenary in 2009, the same year the church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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