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Augusta HPC denies demolition of historic First Baptist Church building at 802 Green Street
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The Augusta Historic Preservation Commission voted to deny a certificate of appropriateness to demolish the 1902 First Baptist Church building at 802 Green Street after staff and Historic Augusta recommended preservation or mothballing and no post‑demolition plan had been filed.
The Augusta Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday denied a request from the property owner to demolish the former First Baptist Church building at 802 Green Street, a Beaux‑Arts structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places and long associated with local religious history.
The denial followed staff testimony that the structure — constructed in 1902, sited on the block where the Southern Baptist Convention was founded in 1845, and listed on the National Register in 1972 — remains a contributing historic resource and that the application lacked a post‑demolition plan. Staff and Historic Augusta urged preservation or “mothballing” rather than demolition. The commission voted to deny the certificate of appropriateness by show of hands; the motion carried (6 in favor, 1 abstention by Commissioner Kelly).
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