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A carved rosette arch at the new entrance recalled J.M. McMichael, the architect of First Baptist. Stained glass from the church was taken out of storage and used to add character and recall history. [1] With the opening of the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in 1992, uptown Charlotte had a new location for performances. [4]
In 1974, Mary T. Harper, Ph.D. (1935-2020), [4] an assistant professor of English at the UNC-Charlotte, proposed an Afro-American cultural center for the city of Charlotte. [4] Working with her mentor, Bertha Maxwell-Roddey, Ph.D., director of UNC-Charlotte's Black Studies Center, Harper envisioned a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural ...
Today Marshall Park is worth $31.9 million for 5 acres (2.0 ha). First Baptist Church purchased 5 acres (2.0 ha) of former Brooklyn land for $439,000 in the 1960s. Now First Baptist Church's land is worth $30 million or $6 million per acre. The article suggests Brooklyn land owners could have been wealthy today just based on current land values ...
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In 1927, First Baptist built a new, larger building on Cleveland Street, which is the current church building. [1] The new Neoclassical building was designed by the architect Reuben H. Hunt. [2] [3] The old First Baptist Church building. First Baptist is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention. [4] In 1998, Rev. Andy Davis, a graduate of ...
John Gano (1727–1804, US), founding pastor of the First Baptist Church in the City of New York, chaplain in the Continental Army, and alleged baptizer of General George Washington [103] John Gill (1697–1771, US), pastor and theologian [ 104 ]
Forest City Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church building located at 301 W. Main Street in Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect James M. McMichael and built in 1915. It is a two-story, cruciform plan, Classical Revival-style brick building. It consists of an ...
Blumenthal Arts is a not-for-profit, multi-venue performing arts complex located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Opening in November 1992, Blumenthal owns and operates 4 theaters on 2 campuses in Uptown Charlotte. [1]