Northwest Oblique	West Elevation	Southwest Oblique	South Elevation	Southeast Oblique
Northeast Oblique	North Elevation	Nortwest Oblique ca. 1911	Entrance North Elevation	Window Detail North Elevation
Window Detail Northwest Oblique	Interior Alpha Design Detail	Interior Omega Design Detail	Interior Sanctuary Doors	Interior Altar
Interior Baptistry Gate Detail	Interior Baptistry Detail	Interior Sanctuary	Interior Window Detail	Interior Ceiling Apex Detail

The Lawtonville Baptist Church, built in 1911, is significant for its stunning and largely intact Late Gothic Revival architecture that is attributed to the regionally significant Savannah architect Julian DeBruyn Kops. Employing a degree of complexity and sensitivity that seems unique not only to churches in Hampton County of the period but also to southern Baptist churches in general, Kops managed to create a house of worship that functioned as an elaborate symbol of Judeo-Christian iconography, beginning with his complex, Star of Redemption pavilion roof, then continuing with the Star of David symbols on the two main approaches to its entrance corner, and culminating in the Alpha and Omega designs that greet church members every time they enter the sanctuary and the portico arch gates whose motif clearly intended to evoke the Trinity. Rare indeed is the religious architecture of this church in a small, rural, southern town that emphasized such an intricate and weighty connection to the imagery and iconography of early Christianity. The church is a brick building with a complex, asphalt-shingle, pavilion roof with projecting gables, dominant stained glass windows, and an intriguing back entrance that resembles a castle keep. In 1945, the congregation added a Sunday School building to the east of the original church building, as well as a music building addition to the east of that in 1962. Neither building addition is contributing. In 1973, the church completed a remarkably sensitive renovation that closed in the existing sanctuary entrance to create a rounded front and a rain shelter for arriving and departing congregation members, while also preserving the original appearance of this portion of the façade inside the new addition. Listed in the National Register October 9, 2012.

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