:St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church

{{short description|Historic church in Oklahoma, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| name = St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church

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| image = St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church.JPG

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| location = Summit, Oklahoma

| coordinates = {{coord|35|40|8.77|N|95|25|27.61|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Oklahoma#USA

| area =

| built = 1930

| architect = Rev. L.W. Thomas,

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| added = March 3, 2004{{NRISref|2007a}}

| refnum= 04000123

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St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church is a historic church building in Summit, Oklahoma. The church was built in 1922 for the Primitive Baptist congregation and is the oldest surviving structure in Summit, a historically all-black town.>*[http://www.ocgi.okstate.edu/shpo/shpopic.asp?id=04000123 St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church, Oklahoma State Historical Preservation Office entry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621070147/http://www.ocgi.okstate.edu/shpo/shpopic.asp?id=04000123 |date=2010-06-21 }} It was built by Rev. L. W. Thomas. The building is a front-gabled, sandstone building with a square cupola on the ridge of the east end, over the entrance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 for its importance to the historical settlement and the social history of the black community in Oklahoma.

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