{"id":1035,"date":"1908-12-02T15:01:40","date_gmt":"1908-12-02T21:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2017-08-15T23:09:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T03:09:24","slug":"first-baptist-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/first-baptist-church\/","title":{"rendered":"First Baptist Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Jason Cope<\/p>\n

Architect: Paul H. Macneil<\/a>
\nLocation: 26031 Depot St., Calumet
\nBuilt: 1907-08<\/p>\n

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First Baptist Church. Photograph by A. K. Hoagland, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The First Baptist congregation, which formed in 1895, built this church on land leased from Calumet & Hecla. The congregation hired architect Paul Macneil in 1907 and dedicated the church in June 1908. Construction cost a little more than $12,000.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

The handsome brick church has a prominent cross-gable roof with arched recesses in the wood-shingled gables. Jacobsville sandstone trims the walls and forms the prominent foundation. Windows and doors have Gothic arches. Four Corinthian columns and a modillioned cornice adorn the portico.<\/p>\n

Attached to the rear of the church are two additions. In 1968 the congregation added a 40′ x 40′ building for a Sunday school. In 1994 a 64′ x 84′ multipurpose facility was added.<\/p>\n

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