RAMSEY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Title: First Baptist Church

Source: balln813
Creator: Ewart M. Ball
Medium: 4.5" x 5.75" negative
Subject: First Baptist Church ; Churches
View: exterior, front
Construction date: 1925-1927
Address: 5 Oak Street, Asheville, NC
Historic Function: church
Architect: Douglas D. Ellington
Architectural Style: Early Italian Renaissance ; Beaux Arts plan with Art Deco detailing
Materials: orange bricks; terra cotta moldings ; pink marble ; Art Deco copper lantern atop dome