Eastern Star Baptist Church

Eastern Star Baptist Church
Location Church and Wagner Sts., Tarboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°53′36″N 77°31′50″W / 35.89333°N 77.53056°WCoordinates: 35°53′36″N 77°31′50″W / 35.89333°N 77.53056°W
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1875
Architectural style Gothic, Carpenter Gothic
Governing body Private
MPS Tarboro MRA
NRHP Reference # 80002827[1]
Added to NRHP April 2, 1980

Eastern Star Baptist Church was a historic Baptist church located at Church and Wagner Streets in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The church was built about 1875, and was a one-story, Carpenter Gothic style building. It was built by a Presbyterian congregation, then moved to its final location and used by the African-American Eastern Star Baptist Church starting in 1906.[2] It has been demolished.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Eastern Star Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.