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First Baptist Church

Lafayette, Indiana

A 175th Anniversary Event

SLIDE SHOW BY MOHLER ARCHITECTS, P.C.

A VIRTUAL TOUR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

OF LAFAYETTE, INDIANA

PART ONE

CENTENNIAL NEIGHBORHOOD• 1876 HISTORICAL ATLAS

SLIDE SHOW BY MOHLER ARCHITECTS, P.C.

First Baptist Church was founded in 1835 and the current Church was

Constructed in 1868-1872

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF

LAFAYETTE - HISTORY• 1835 - 1876

CENTENNIAL NEIGHBORHOOD

• SANBORN MAPS

• SANBORN MAPS

• GOOGLE EARTH

CENTENNIAL NEIGHBORHOOD• FBC - A ROOM WITH A VIEW

• FBC – A ROOM WITH A VIEW

• FBC – A ROOM WITH A VIEW

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE• RENAISSANCE REVIVAL

EUROPEAN CATHEDRALS• CHARTRES, CHARTRES, FRANCE

EUROPEAN CATHEDRALS• NOTRE DAME, PARIS, FRANCE

EUROPEAN CATHEDRALSSAGRADA FAMILIA DE BARCELONA, BARCELONA, SPAIN

EUROPEAN CATHEDRALS• WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, WASHINGTON D.C.

1872 ARCHITECTURAL

TECHNOLOGY

• FOUNDATIONS

• MASONRY WALLS, PILASTERS, ARCHES AND THE VAULT

• MASONRY WALLS, PILASTERS, ARCHES AND THE VAULT

• MASONRY FIREPLACE

• HEAVY TIMBER FLOORS