First Baptist Church of Watkins Glen is a historic Baptist

Baptist

Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...

 church located at Watkins Glen

Watkins Glen, New York

Watkins Glen is a village in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The population was 2,149 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Schuyler County.The Village of Watkins Glen lies on the border of the towns of Dix and Montour....

 in Schuyler County, New York

Schuyler County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 19,224 people, 7,374 households, and 5,191 families residing in the county. The population density was 58 people per square mile . There were 9,181 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...

. It was built in 1888 and is a Victorian era religious building distinguished by a variety of vernacular Romanesque Revival

Romanesque Revival architecture

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 and Queen Anne

Queen Anne Style architecture

The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...

 style inspired design and decorative detail. The brick structure rests on a raised stone foundation and features a large front corner tower.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2001.