First Baptist Church, Protestant church in Phoenix, Arizona

First Baptist Church is a 1929 church building in Phoenix, Arizona, designed in an Italian Gothic style with Moderne and other architectural elements. Local firm Fitzhugh & Byron prepared the working drawings and supervised construction, while George Merrill of the American Baptist Home Mission Society in New York was the supervising architect.

The First Baptist Church building was constructed in 1929, designed mainly by supervising architect George Merrill of the American Baptist Home Mission Society in New York, while local firm Fitzhugh & Byron prepared the working drawings and supervised construction. The congregation moved to a new location in 1968, and the building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The congregation left this building in 1968 for a new location, so the former church no longer hosts its services. Its Italian Gothic design, with Moderne and other elements, was mainly the work of George Merrill of the American Baptist Home Mission Society in New York, while local architects Fitzhugh & Byron prepared the working drawings and supervised construction.

The church stands at 302 W. Monroe Street, at the corner of Monroe and Third Avenue in downtown Phoenix. It was built in 1929 and the congregation moved to a new location in 1968, so the building is no longer an active Baptist church; check locally before planning a visit.

Local architects Fitzhugh & Byron prepared the working drawings and supervised construction, but the main design came from George Merrill of the American Baptist Home Mission Society's architecture department in New York. The building mixes Italian Gothic with Moderne elements, and the congregation left for a new location in 1968.