Keachi Baptist Church

Keachi Baptist Church

Church in 2017
Location LA 172, Keachi, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°11′18″N 93°54′34″W / 32.18833°N 93.90944°W / 32.18833; -93.90944Coordinates: 32°11′18″N 93°54′34″W / 32.18833°N 93.90944°W / 32.18833; -93.90944
Area 3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built c.1880
Architectural style Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 88002039[1]
Added to NRHP October 20, 1988

Keachi Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church on Louisiana Highway 172 in Keachi in Desoto Parish, Louisiana. The building was constructed in about 1880 in a transitional architectural style, between late Greek Revival and the Gothic Revival.[2] It was added to the National Register in 1988.[1]

It has auditorium-style seats which appear to have been salvaged from the former Keachi Female College, across the roadway.[2]

It is significant as representing the persistence of the Greek Revival style in Desoto Parish well after the Civil War.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "Keachi Baptist Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1988. Retrieved June 8, 2017. with three photos and a map


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