First Baptist Church of Beale Street, Memphis

Creators

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Source Collection

Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

10_18.B

Description

First Baptist Church of Beale Street, 379 Beale, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1871. Romanesque Revival Style. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.

A landmark church built by and for an all-Black congregation.

Beginning in the late 1880s two forms of Romanesque architecture appear in Memphis; the more academically correct Romanesque Revival and the distinctly American style Richardsonian Romanesque (named for the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson). While both spring from the round-arched Romanesque, the Richardsonian uses more rough-faced masonry which arches, lintels, and other structural features emphasized by being of stone or finish contrasting that of the well. Deeply set windows and generally large, simple forms reinforce the sense of weight and massiveness.

Date Created

2021

Date

undated

Recommended Citation

"First Baptist Church of Beale Street, Memphis" (2021). Images. 100.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/100