Canaan Baptist Church (Texarkana, Arkansas)

Canaan Baptist Church
Location Jct. of Laurel and 10th Sts., Texarkana, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°25′59″N 94°2′29″W / 33.43306°N 94.04139°W / 33.43306; -94.04139Coordinates: 33°25′59″N 94°2′29″W / 33.43306°N 94.04139°W / 33.43306; -94.04139
Area less than one acre
Architect Bentley,T.L.; Cox,S.C.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Other, Vernacular Late 19c Revival
NRHP Reference # 90000903[1]
Added to NRHP June 14, 1990

The Canaan Baptist Church is a historic church at the junction of Laurel and 10th Streets in Texarkana, Arkansas. The single-story brick church was built in 1929 for an African-American congregation established in 1883. The building was designed by S. C. Cox, and exhibits Colonial Revival styling with some Gothic details, primarily in its pointed-arch windows.[2]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Canaan Baptist Church" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-26.


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