First Baptist Church (Phoenix, Arizona)
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The First Baptist Church at 302 Monroe Street in Phoenix, Arizona
was built in 1929. While local architects Fitzhugh & Byron
"prepared the working drawings and supervised the building's construction," it was mainly designed by supervising architect George Merrill
"of the Department of Architecture of the American Baptist Home Mission Society in New York."
It was designed in an Italian Gothic style, but includes Moderne and other architectural elements.
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
was built in 1929. While local architects Fitzhugh & Byron
Fitzhugh & Byron
Fitzhugh & Byron was an architectural partnership in Phoenix, Arizona, whose partners were Lee Mason Fitzhugh and Lester A. Byron. The firm, along with architect Henry Trost in Tucson and George Washington Smith in Ajo, Arizona, is given credit for adobe style revival in the state.A number of its...
"prepared the working drawings and supervised the building's construction," it was mainly designed by supervising architect George Merrill
George Merrill
George Merrill was the lifetime companion of English poet and gay activist Edward Carpenter.Merrill, a working-class young man who had been raised in the slums of Sheffield, had no formal education. He met Edward Carpenter on a train in 1891, and moved into Carpenter's home at Millthorpe in 1898...
"of the Department of Architecture of the American Baptist Home Mission Society in New York."
It was designed in an Italian Gothic style, but includes Moderne and other architectural elements.