First Baptist Church (Farmville, Virginia)

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = First Baptist Church

| nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = December 13, 2012{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 144-0027-0167

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Farmville First Baptist Church.jpg

| caption = Front and southern side of the church

| location = 100 S. Main St., Farmville, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|18|3|N|78|23|18|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = c. {{Start date|1855}}-1895

| architect =

| architecture = Late Gothic Revival

| added = February 27, 2013

| area = {{convert|.262|acre}}

| refnum = 13000046{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130308.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2013-03-08|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/25/13 through 3/01/13|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2014-02-08|archive-date=2014-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134726/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130308.htm|url-status=dead}}

}}

First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was built between about 1855 an 1895, and is a one-story, rectangular brick Late Gothic Revival style church building on a full basement. The building features a square tower centered on the primary façade, pointed arch windows with stained- and milk-glass panes, a primary entry with double leaf doors topped by a pointed arch transom and, on the interior, original wood pews and beaded board wainscoting. The church was the site of a number of meetings related to the desegregation of Prince Edward County schools during the 1950s and 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/PrinceEdward/144-0027-0167_First_Baptist_Church_2012_NRHP_FINAL.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Baptist Church |author=John Kern/ Lena Sweeten McDonald|date=October 2012 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/PrinceEdward/144-0027-0167.photos.html Accompanying four photos]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. It is located in the Farmville Historic District.