First Baptist Church - South Main Building

Sometime between 1902-04. FBC builds a church at 119 S. Main St., the fourth in its history. Financial assistance is provided by Paul Sorg, (one of Middletown's first multimillionaires) and his wife Jennie.

• Did you know? This building was just down the street from the Sorg Mansion.
• 1904: On Oct. 11, a shield-shaped, “First Baptist Church 1854,” marble stone is removed from the gable above the North Main Street Baptist Church’s doors, and placed on the back wall of the side porch of the stone South Main Street church.
• 1906: Stone church building at 119 S. Main St. in Middletown is dedicated on Jan. 21.