New Hope Baptist Church (Chickasha, Oklahoma)

Historic church in Oklahoma, United States

United States historic place


New Hope Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New Hope Baptist Church, Chickasha, OK
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Location	1202 S. Sheppard St., Chickasha, Oklahoma
Coordinates	35°02′20″N 97°55′53″W / 35.0389°N 97.9313°W / 35.0389; -97.9313
Area	less than one acre
Built	1939, c.1948
NRHP reference No.	03000515
Added to NRHP	June 5, 2003

The New Hope Baptist Church at 1202 S. Sheppard Street in Chickasha, Oklahoma is a historic Baptist church building. It was built in 1939 and added to the National Register in 2003.

Its building is a one-story east-facing front-gabled red brick building and has a square corner tower. It has a concrete block education wing with a basement which was added at the rear in about 1948.

It was deemed significant for its association with the growth and development of the African American community in Chickasha. According to its NRHP nomination "It stands as the best extant symbol of African American socio-political unity in Chickasha during a period when de facto and de jure segregation alienated blacks from the greater social institutions of Chickasha. An entire black community, alive with homes, businesses, churches, and social clubs developed in Chickasha. This community, while by necessity interacting with the larger city in which it thrived, was for the most part an entity unto itself, lacking only an official political voice. The glue that held this community together was the church. Denominational and doctrinal differences aside, the black churches of Chickasha provided the spiritual, educational, social, and political voice of the community."

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Jim Gabbert (February 28, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New Hope Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved June 2, 2017. With four photos from 2002-2003.

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