St. Paul Baptist Church-Morehead School

Historic church in Louisiana, United States

United States historic place


St. Paul Baptist Church--Morehead School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


30°32′57″N 92°49′26″W / 30.54904°N 92.82399°W / 30.54904; -92.82399
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1910
NRHP reference No.	05000686^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

St. Paul Baptist Church—Morehead School near Kinder, Louisiana is a historic church which doubled as a public school for African-American students. The church was built c. 1910. It was used as a public school from 1919 to c. 1945.^[2]^[3]

It is a simple wood-frame church with a hipped roof and a forward-projecting tower. Inside, it has a vaulted ceiling and a historic blackboard on its front wall.^[2]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "St. Paul Baptist Church / Morehead School" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 2005. Retrieved March 27, 2017. with three photos and two maps
^ National Register Staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation (February 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: St. Paul Baptist Church, Alien Parish, LA". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017. With five photos from 2004.