{"id":18,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:11","latitude":35.78105063990064849122063606046140193939208984375,"longitude":-78.64027412512945147682330571115016937255859375,"title":"First Baptist Church","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/faab7885d0d5191919a3c34b40389ace.jpg","address":"99 North Salisbury Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":19,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"Designed by English architect William Percival, First Baptist Church is a variant of the Gothic Revival style. The church is a symmetrical brick structure stuccoed and scored to give the appearance of stone. The building features an entrance tower with tall pinnacles and a 160-foot-tall spire. It is one of the four ecclesiastical anchors of Union (Capitol) Square.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1859","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/FirstBaptistChurch(1859)_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Baptist Church 1859 Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/faab7885d0d5191919a3c34b40389ace.jpg":{"id":196,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"First Baptist Church, 2010","description":"Image courtesy of D. Randolph, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/faab7885d0d5191919a3c34b40389ace.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/b2f7b61d6fce9656424c04b77bebf64c.jpg":{"id":195,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"First Baptist Church, 2010","description":"Detail.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nImage courtesy of D. Randolph, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/b2f7b61d6fce9656424c04b77bebf64c.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/97c706f8783dde4da8bbc6f01773913b.jpg":{"id":708,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"First Baptist Church, 1904","description":"Image courtesy of Historic Architecture Research. Doorway, First Baptist Church, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Project Records (UA110.041). Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries. July 29, 2014. http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/bh0337p02. NCSU Libraries’ Digital Collections: Rare and Unique Materials. ","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/97c706f8783dde4da8bbc6f01773913b.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/3472a017c848907ac00f6a78a1c5baee.jpg":{"id":709,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"First Baptist Church, 1859","description":"Image courtesy of Historic Architecture Research. Front view, First Baptist Church, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Project Records (UA110.041). Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries. July 29, 2014. http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/bh0337p04. NCSU Libraries’ Digital Collections: Rare and Unique Materials.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/3472a017c848907ac00f6a78a1c5baee.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/3d496bb08567a4d6421c7b72187f1f51.jpg":{"id":710,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"First Baptist Church, 1859","description":"Image courtesy of Historic Architecture Research. Interior view, First Baptist Church, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Project Records (UA110.041). Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries. July 29, 2014. http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/bh0337p01. NCSU Libraries’ Digital Collections: Rare and Unique Materials.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/3d496bb08567a4d6421c7b72187f1f51.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/bcaba78fd2bd38fed908af7777fd7bda.jpg":{"id":771,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"First Baptist Church, date unknown","description":"Image courtesy of North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Raleigh, North Carolina.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/bcaba78fd2bd38fed908af7777fd7bda.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/126f7adaaec0be63de2ed50e0b371419.jpg":{"id":780,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"First Baptist Church, 1900-1930s","description":"Image courtesy of  the Albertype Co. Collection of North Carolina Photographs (P0074), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/126f7adaaec0be63de2ed50e0b371419.jpg"}}}