Facade	Left Oblique	Right Oblique	Right Elevation	Right Rear Oblique
Tower Detail	Stained Glass Detail	Window Detail

Mount Prospect Baptist Church has significance for its role in the development of the ethnic heritage of the city’s black community and for its status as a largely intact example of church architecture. In 1883, a group of African American Baptist’s began meeting in private homes in Rock Hill. Many had been members of other Baptist churches before the Civil War and desired their own church. The congregation grew and was organized in 1885, when the first building was constructed. They were originally known as First Baptist Church, Colored. After fire destroyed the first building, the congregation constructed a new building in 1900 that also burnt, in 1914. The present brick sanctuary, constructed in 1915, exhibits elements of the Romanesque Revival style. It features a two-story square tower at the right of the façade. Each of the tower’s facades features tall multi-light paired windows surmounted by louvered vents in arched openings. The interior of the sanctuary has exposed beams and metal ceiling with coffered design. Listed in the National Register June 10, 1992.

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