Location Information
(for the Old sanctuary, First Baptist Church)
Name:Old sanctuary, First Baptist Church
Address:100 College Street, East
City/County:Clinton, Hinds County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1923
Architectural Styles(s):Neoclassical
No. of Stories:1
Registration Information
NR District Name:Clinton Olde Towne (2017)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:15a
Context/Comments
Designed by regionally prominent architect Reuben Harrison Hunt (1862-1937) of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and built by local contractor Monroe Landrum, this fine Neoclassical building, with its semi-projecting hexastyle portico in the Ionic order, is one of the more noteworthy examples of Neoclassical Revival religious architecture in Mississippi. It is listed as a contributing element (element #15a) in the Clinton Olde Towne Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 12 January 2017.

The building is included in "Shrines to Tomorrow" (1971), "Historic Churches of Mississippi" (2007) (p. 33), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 277, at the end of the listing for Mississippi College, JM72).
Brief Description
A two-story brick building with semi-recessed projecting portico supported by six unfluted Ionic columns. The south-facing main façade is laid in Flemish bond. The center portion of the facade, set within the portico, has five bays on each story, with five sets of paired 1/1 double-hung stained-glass windows. Each window pair has a squared-stone surround. Between the windows within the portico are brick pilasters running the full two stories, with stone capitals and bases. Also in the recess, on the east and west flanking wall, is a set of wood, 12-pane French doors (2x6) with stained glass transom above. Three large Gothic style lanterns hang in the recess. The floor is tiled. At either side of the portico is a single, wood, stained glass window on the first floor, surrounded by a brick pattern of soldier bricks and by a set of two vertically-paned stained glass windows with brick soldier surrounds on the second floor. The basement is delineated by a horizontal band of stone. There are brick pilasters with stone capitals and bases on the corners of the building. The cornice of the building has dentil molding which extends to the projecting front gable which has a stone entablature above the columns. The dentil molding follows the triangular gable. A half-moon vent is centered in the gable. Multiple stone steps lead to the entry.