Located on a .34 acre lot, The Baptist Church that now houses Springville Center for the Arts is one bloc noth of the East Main-Mechanic Street Historic District across from Fiddler’s Green Park. What was one of five churches that originally lined the Green the Baptist Church is a representation of an ecclesial design by regional architect Cyrus K. Porter.  Two maple trees stand in the front west side of the Gothic Revival  style Baptist Church, with a background of red brick and limestone trim.  The original 1869 massing of the church consisted of a steeply gabled 5-bay main sanctuary block, a square belltower at the northeast corner and a 3-bay gabled wing projecting from the south side of the main block. A fire took place in the church sometime after 1879 and 1906 that destroyed the Gothic spire atop the tower.  These dates were determined by historic photos showing the spire in c. 1879 and the emergence of a tent roof in 1906, however the extent of the damage caused by the fire is unknown. Later additions, circa 1913/14 included  a narthex to the northeast and a shed roof addition near the rear.  A pair of paneled wood doors provide entrance on the ground level to the sanctuary, now the Carol Mongerson Theater. The interior also consists of the arch of the original church entrance and the original Jones & Company Foundry Bell.  A stage now resides where the baptism pit and pulpit once were  underneath dark stained wood and luminaries added in 1962.  Once a prayer room, the Harold L. Olmsted gallery holds two stained glass windows, now covered by a second floor added in the 1950s.  The building holds 27 more stained glass windows, streaming colors of greens, pinks and yellows when the sunlight shines in.  Many interior materials are currently in storage during our restoration project.