St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church
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St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church | |
Location | Summit, Oklahoma |
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Coordinates | 35°40′8.77″N 95°25′27.61″W / 35.6691028°N 95.4243361°W |
Built | 1930 |
Architect | Rev. L.W. Thomas, |
NRHP reference No. | 04000123 |
Added to NRHP | March 3, 2004[1] |
St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church is a historic church building in Summit, Oklahoma. The church was built in 1922 for the Primitive Baptist congregation and is the oldest surviving structure in Summit, a historically all-black town.[2] It was built by Rev. L. W. Thomas. The building is a front-gabled, sandstone building with a square cupola on the ridge of the east end, over the entrance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 for its importance to the historical settlement and the social history of the black community in Oklahoma.[2]
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Categories:
- African-American history of Oklahoma
- Baptist churches in Oklahoma
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
- Buildings and structures in Muskogee County, Oklahoma
- Churches completed in 1922
- National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma
- 1922 establishments in Oklahoma
- Primitive Baptists
- Southern United States church stubs
- Oklahoma building and structure stubs
- Oklahoma Registered Historic Place stubs