First Baptist Church of Boca Grande

	First Baptist Church of Boca Grande
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	First Baptist Church of Boca Grande
Location	Boca Grande, Florida
Coordinates	26°45′03″N 82°15′46″W / 26.75083°N 82.26278°W
NRHP reference No.	09000962
Added to NRHP	December 2, 2009

First Baptist Church of Boca Grande is a historic Southern Baptist church located at 421 4th Street West, Boca Grande, Florida in Lee County. It was established in 1909 on Gasparilla Island.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[3]

At first, services were held outdoors with circuit riding preachers coming twice a month to preach. A building committee organized between 1911 and 1912, allowed construction to be funded by a loan from Florida Southern Baptist ministries and donations from congregates. In 1915 the church styled by Carpenter Gothic architecture was completed. In 1918 expansion of the building allowed accommodations of Sunday school classrooms, And In 1934 the parsonage was built as a residence for the full time pastor. First Baptist Church celebrated it's 100th birthday in 2009.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
^ "First Baptist Church of Boca Grande". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
^ "Lee County listings". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
^ Ruppenstein, Andrew, ed. (6 January 2019). "The First Baptist Church of Boca Grande". HMdb.org.

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[nris-1] "National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-28.

[2] "First Baptist Church of Boca Grande". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-28.

[3] "Lee County listings". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2014-08-28.

[4] Ruppenstein, Andrew, ed. (6 January 2019). "The First Baptist Church of Boca Grande". HMdb.org.

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