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First Baptist Church

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1910, T. Robert Wieger. Northwest corner of 10th Ave. and 11th St. (NR)

This classical temple in beige brick on a raised foundation has paired engaged Ionic columns and a pedimented parapet above the entry bay. The sanctuary is in nearoriginal condition, with a beamed ceiling and apse with leaded, patterned stained glass flanked by organ pipes. The organ was purchased in 1927 from Denver's Orpheum Theater.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Thomas J. Noel, "First Baptist Church", [Greeley, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-WE14.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 244-244.

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