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Friendship Baptist Church in Pasadena

Friendship Baptist Church in Pasadena

Photo: Adrianne Wadewitz / Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 3.0 , resized

West Dayton Street 80, Pasadena

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#Architecture and design
Kyle McLonely

A look at the oldest Black Baptist church in Pasadena and its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.

You can tell by the tile roof and the bell-gable that this isn't your standard backyard chapel. Friendship Baptist Church sits on West Dayton Street as a piece of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, complete with a tower and stained-glass windows.

The congregation was founded in 1893, and the church building was built in 1925. The building was designed by Norman F. Marsh and features a tile roof and stained-glass windows.

Friendship Baptist Church is the oldest Black Baptist church in Pasadena. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1978.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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