Springfield Baptist Church (Greensboro, Georgia)

The Springfield Baptist Church, on Canaan Circle in Greensboro, Georgia, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

Springfield Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Canaan Circle, Greensboro, Georgia
Coordinates	33°34′39″N 83°10′41″W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1907
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
MPS	Greensboro MRA
NRHP reference No.	87001451[1]
Added to NRHP	September 9, 1987

It has rectangular towers at its front two corners.[2]

It is a primarily black church formed as an 1864 split off the First Baptist Church of Greensboro, which continued as a whites-only church, after the American Civil War. It was the first black Baptist church in Greensboro.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Historic Resources of Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia: Springfield Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved June 19, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1986